GNU bug report logs - #45117
28.0.50; process-send-string mysteriously exiting non-locally when called from timer

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Reported by: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 11:45:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #101 received at 45117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: joaotavora <at> gmail.com, 45117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 28.0.50; process-send-string mysteriously exiting non-locally
 when called from timer
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 09:31:34 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  45117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 15:43:16 -0500
> 
> > process_send_string may send things in "bunches", I read in the
> > docstring, but it will not (and should not) be interrupted.
> 
> Indeed, I believe it should not be aborted in the middle by
> `while-no-input` (it would be a bug, because the `process-send-string`
> API doesn't offer any way to know what has been or hasn't been sent in
> that case).

If currently process-send-string isn't protected against
while-no-input, then perhaps we should add such a protection?
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