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Re: 'make-comint' question


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: 'make-comint' question
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:44:24 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux)

> I erase and save the buffer of an config-file for an external program
> before applying 'make-comint on that program, and restore the file to
> its old state afterwards:

> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>   [...]
>   (erase-config-file-for-external-process)
>   (set-buffer
>    (apply 'make-comint name (car cmd) nil (cdr cmd)))
>   (rename-buffer "buffer-name")
>   (restore-config-file-for-external-process)
>   [...]
> #+end_src

> When I edebug my code, it does exactly what it should, and the new
> inferior subprocess starts without the (unnecessary) configurations
> of the erased config file, as it should.

> However, when I simply run my code without debugging, the new
> inferior subprocess starts _with_ the (unnecessary) configurations,
> what seems quite strange to me. 

The code after `make-comint' is run concurrently with your external
process, so you have a race-condition: if Emacs is quick enough it will
restore the config file before the process gets to read it.


        Stefan




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