Re: y-or-n-p-with-timeout

[Alex Schroeder]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

> The question is whether to make y-or-n-p-with-timeout work correctly
> or to declare it obsolete.  We could make it work using some other
> timeout mechanism that can't run Lisp code.

>From a usability perspective I don't like these kinds of timeouts.
They might make sense when booting your computer, but when using
Emacs?  I can't think of a use-case for y-or-n-p-with-timeout.  If
nobody brings up an interesting example, I think we should declare it
obsolete.

Alex.
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