GNU bug report logs - #41531
27.0.91; Better handle asynchronous eldoc backends

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Message #185 received at 41531 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 41531 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eliz <at> gnu.org,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, andreyk.mad <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#41531: 27.0.91; Better handle asynchronous eldoc backends
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2020 13:23:03 +0100

João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com> writes:

> For the quintillionth time: I AM NOT AGAINST FUTURES IN PRINCIPLE:
> just don't use these Eldoc fixes to shoehorn something rushedly into
> Emacs.

Just a further note: not only am I NOT "against" futures, I don't even
disagree with you that a good async library CAN improve Eldoc and other
async code.  The question is, like it always is: how much of an effect
and at what cost.

João

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