bug#38035: 27.0.50; Trivial errors in process filters can render Emacs unusable

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Cc: rms@gnu.org,  38035@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 21:34:38 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Maybe we should do the same with timer functions, indeed.
> 
> And post-command-hook and all the other errors?

IMO no, because post-command-hook isn't asynchronous.

> >> I just think that Emacs should behave consistently.
> >
> > If doing the same with timers will contribute to that consistency, I
> > don't object.  I just think that we shouldn't remove an old feature
> > because of a single accident that should be quite rare.
> 
> What do you mean by "single accident"?  

The one that you cited, and which started this.