GNU bug report logs - #5372
Calling url-retrieve-synchronously in a timer

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Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:22:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 5372 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5372: Calling url-retrieve-synchronously in a timer
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:49:09 -0500

>>> It looks like url-retrieve-synchronously is not finished when run in a
>>> timer.  Is that expected behaviour?
>>> It looks like it hangs in accept-process-output.
>> It's not expected (for me anyway), but I'm not completely
>> surprised either.
> So do you consider it a bug?

I think so, yes.

>> Furthermore, it doesn't look like a good thing to
>> do anyway: timer code should not run for an indefinite amount of time,
> Maybe you misunderstod me.  If I do the call to
> url-retrieve-synchronously from the command loop it finishes very
> quickly (in this case), but if I do the same thing in a timer
> it hangs.

I understood you alright.  The fact that "it finishes quickly" when you
try it doesn't mean that it will always run in a definite amount of time.


        Stefan
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