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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed? |
Date: |
Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:00:35 +0200 |
> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 15:29:41 +0000
> From: Peter Dean <laszlomail@protonmail.com>
> Cc: "drew.adams@oracle.com" <drew.adams@oracle.com>, "stefankangas@gmail.com"
> <stefankangas@gmail.com>, "larsi@gnus.org" <larsi@gnus.org>,
> "dgutov@yandex.ru" <dgutov@yandex.ru>, "emacs-devel@gnu.org"
> <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
>
>
> On Tuesday, February 23, 2021 4:22 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> > I suggest that you try using threads for such purposes. Because it's
> > easier said than done, and IME this kind of jobs is not something for
> > which Lisp threads, as currently implemented, are suitable.
>
> Isn't it a kind of async task for which threads would be ideal, provided
> the thread takes care of yielding often to keep the UI going?
In theory? Probably. But we aren't talking about theory here.
> What is it in Elisp threads which make them unsuitable for this? What
> kind of problems do you think of?
There's no simple explanation, not in terms that would be easily
understood, unless you are familiar with the implementation details.
The best I can do is say that our threads don't yield frequently
enough, nowhere near the frequency that you seem to assume.
- Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, (continued)
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- Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/02/22
- Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2021/02/22
- RE: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Drew Adams, 2021/02/22
- RE: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Stefan Kangas, 2021/02/22
- RE: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Drew Adams, 2021/02/23
- RE: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Drew Adams, 2021/02/23
- RE: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Peter Dean, 2021/02/23
- Re: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/23
- Re: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Peter Dean, 2021/02/23
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- Re: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Peter Dean, 2021/02/23
- Re: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/23
- Re: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Peter Dean, 2021/02/23
- Re: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/23
- Re: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Peter Dean, 2021/02/23
- Re: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/23
- Re: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Peter Dean, 2021/02/23
- Re: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/23
- Re: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/02/27
- Re: [External] : Re: Would you say this information window is well designed?, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/02/28