Subject: Re: bug#73046: 29.4; Emacs 100% CPU usage for several seconds when opening dired buffer over TRAMP

From: Suhail Singh <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 18:36:04 -0400

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

> If 3 surprised you, then the reason is simple: sit-for returns
> immediately if any input is available, so typing effectively disables
> the wait.

Interesting.  I didn't expect it to do so persistently (i.e., for
subsequent iterations of the while loop in question).

> This could be countermanded by unconditional sleep, but AFAIU Michael
> is rethinking the whole issue, so we should wait for him to reach his
> conclusions.

Agreed.

-- 
Suhail