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kill-buffer fails silently when a thread exists where it's current

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Message #62 received at 76969 <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: 76969 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76969: kill-buffer fails silently when a thread exists where
 it's current
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 02:21:23 +0200

On 17/03/2025 21:41, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Don't forget that
> the target thread could be the main thread.

Good question what we should do with the main thread in this case - but 
even if it receives the signal, it should be more a lot more visible to 
the user than in background threads, helping fix whatever misbehavior 
that caused it.

But we'll probably use the same method that's being discussed to declare 
a thread an exception, prohibiting its buffer from being killed externally.

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