AW: Can't interrupt directory_files_internal runfromtimer-event-handler

[klaus.berndl]

>> while-no-input is in the Lisp manual.  throw-on-input is not for users
>> to use; perhaps we should rename it to while-no-input-throw-internal.

>In its current form, a caller of while-no-input cannot differentiate
>between BODY returning nil as a normal return value or BODY being
>interrupted.

>Furthermore, caller cannot know if BODY was interrupted by input or C-g.

>As I need to differentiate between all three cases in ido, I had to
>use throw-on-input directly.

>For that reason, I think we should either document throw-on-input (and
>keep its name), or [better] change while-no-input to return 'quit for
>C-g, 'input-pending-p for input, and value of BODY otherwise.

IMHO such an interface would be the best of elisp-programmers.... for an
application like ECB this would be a great help....

Klaus

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