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

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Package: emacs;

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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>, 5372 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5372: Calling url-retrieve-synchronously in a timer
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:33:43 -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.
>> Could this be a manifestation of Bug#5359, "process-send-region hangs
>> ntEmacs if region >64K"?
>> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=5359
> url-retrieve-synchronously should not be using a subprocess, so unlikely.

It does use a subprocess.  But it typically doesn't send much data via
process-send-region (tho it can easily receive a lot of data from such
processes).


        Stefan
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