GNU bug report logs - #38807
[Feature request]: Support lisp workers like web workers.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: HaiJun Zhang <netjune <at> outlook.com>

Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 05:29:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: HaiJun Zhang <netjune <at> outlook.com>
Cc: 38807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38807: [Feature request]: Support lisp workers like web workers.
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 17:23:42 +0200

> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 13:27:44 +0800
> From: HaiJun Zhang <netjune <at> outlook.com>
> 
> I think the web worker is a good design for GUI applications such as web browser. The workers do heavy
> work and provide the results to the UI thread. The UI thread only displays the result and responds to user
> input events which makes good user responsiveness. 
> 
> The web workers run in other context. They can’t access data in the UI thread. They can only communicate
> with the UI thread by calling some limited APIs.

We have threads in Emacs, so you could start by using them, no?
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