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sit-for behavior changes when byte-compiled

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 78737 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, pipcet <at> protonmail.com, dancol <at> dancol.org
Subject: bug#78737: sit-for behavior changes when byte-compiled
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 02:38:14 -0400

>> >> What is "emergency quit"?
>> > Something like `C-g C-g C-g`, tho we don't have that implemented,
>> > currently, AFAIK.
>> I guess `kill -USR2` could count as well.
> Not as a single trigger, no: it isn't portable enough.

It's still a valid example of what I mean by "emergency quit":
a mechanism by which users can get out of (hopefully rare) "hangs" that
are due to ELisp coding mistakes.
But yes, it's not "good enough", so we want to offer another mechanism
such as `C-g C-g C-g`.


        Stefan

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