Re: Temporarily disable `timer-event-handler'

[Eli Zaretskii]

[I removed help-gnu-emacs from the CC list.]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:01:47 -0500
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> > Finally, what's the motivation behind this design?  This looks fragile and
> > error-prone to run some arbitrary code in the middle of execution of another
> > code without separating their "stacks" (environment scopes),
> 
> It's a direct consequence of the implementation, rather than the result
> of design, AFAICT.

There's also the need to run a timer as close to its expected time as
possible, so waiting for any Lisp to return might delay timers too
much.