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[PATCH] project.el: avoid asking user about project-list-file lock

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Message #23 received at 66993 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: 66993 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66993: [PATCH] project.el: avoid asking user about
 project-list-file lock
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2023 15:26:11 +0200

On 08/11/2023 14:22, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Spencer Baugh<sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
>> Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:28:04 -0500
>>
>> There are several features which will cause Emacs to frequently call
>> project-current, and therefore call project-remember-project, and
>> therefore sometimes call project--write-project-list whenever a new
>> project is seen.
> Why does project-current immediately writes the list to the file?  Why
> cannot it keep the information in memory and write it only when the
> session ends, or at some random rare opportunity?

It could indeed be written from kill-emacs-hook, or just the next time 
an opportunity presents.

With the latter approach, though, it would be handier if the 
lock-prompter signaled a specific error we could catch to reschedule saving.

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