GNU bug report logs - #53877
29.0.50; [PATCH] async Gnus/nnml

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Message #44 received at 53877 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
Cc: 53877 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: Re: bug#53877: 29.0.50; [PATCH] async Gnus/nnml
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 08:35:14 -0800

Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr> writes:

> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>
>> Why can't you bind `nnmail-article-buffer' before calling the splitting
>> function?
>
> I spoke too quickly. The idea was that with a temporay buffer I could
> run multiple splitting in "parallel". But rebinding just *one* global
> variable won't help much here.

Are you sure? AFAIK this was Dick Chiang's approach to threading server
updates: let-binding the value of `nntp-server-buffer' within the thread
function. As far as I know it worked okay. The splitting function and
code run within it will have a separate value of
`nnmail-article-buffer'.

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