bug#12447: 24.1.50; Stuck in garbage collection on OS X

[Chong Yidong]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> What is the package that relies on the old behavior?
>
> js2-mode, see bug #12326 (merged with this one).

I'm confused.  You just said that js2-mode needed a code change:

>> The one I posted in #12326: calling timer-activate-when-idle with nil
>> DONT-WAIT argument.
>
> I don't think that's a workaround.  I think that's what js2 should do,
> if (AFAIU) it wants the timer handler be invoked once, after Emacs has
> been idle for more than 1 sec.

If I understand correctly, js2-mode (prior to the workaround) assumed
the new behavior: it called run-with-idle-timer from inside the idle
timer, with the same delay, with the intention of scheduling for the
next period of idleness.