Re: User interaction from multiple threads

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: hw <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden,  
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> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:43:08 +0200
> 
> >> Why doesn't Emacs support executing multiple threads in parallel?
> >
> > Because it's much harder, what with all the global resources an
> > editor has.  E.g., consider editing a buffer while another thread
> > decides to modify it or even delete it.
> 
> When multiple threads are running serialized, they still could decide
> --- or already have decided --- to do stuff that is no longer wanted or
> possible by the time they get to run (again).  Or not?

How is this different from a single-threaded session?  There's always
the danger that an operation becomes irrelevant by the time it is
carried out, but the danger should normally be very low.