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Make comint-tests more robust

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Message #16 received at 38813 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: "Michael R. Mauger" <michael <at> mauger.com>, 38813 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38813: Make comint-tests more robust
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 19:28:37 +0100

Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org> writes:

>> The usual pattern is (while (accept-process-output proc 0 nil t))
>> That's what I do in tramp-tests.el
>
> Thank you, but that only works if inside another loop, and then it is
> a busy-wait, right?

I'm not sure. Some months (years?) ago there was a discussion about on
emacs-devel, and AFAIR this form was proposed by Stefan.

If needed, I could check the archives.

Best regards, Michael.

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