GNU bug report logs - #52235
29.0.50; Suggestion: refactor time.el into a more general 'clock' framework

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller <at> live.com>

Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 01:35:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller <at> live.com>
Cc: 52235 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52235: 29.0.50; Suggestion: refactor time.el into a more general 'clock' framework
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:26:21 +0200

> From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller <at> live.com>
> Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:08:37 +0100
> 
> My idea to per-use it is to simply run 'update-hooks' on clock beat, so any
> application can register a hook that will be called on a "clock beat". While it
> is maybe not so super-synchronized with system clock, it still gives impression
> of clocks in Emacs be synchronized.

Isn't that what timers are for?  Why can't you use run-with-timer for
what you want to do?
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