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Re: [Bug-readline] Readline 6.2 regression vs. 6.1 on Mac OS X and perha
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Max Horn |
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Re: [Bug-readline] Readline 6.2 regression vs. 6.1 on Mac OS X and perhaps elsewhere |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:17:49 +0200 |
Hello again,
Am 26.06.2012 um 16:38 schrieb Chet Ramey:
> On 6/26/12 3:51 AM, Max Horn wrote:
[...]
>
>> What surprises me is the second change: You also added a "continue" in case
>> "rl_gather_tyi" did manage to read something. So this would reduce the
>> number of times the event hook is being called. So I assume this is meant to
>> fix an issue distinct from the one I reported, respectively to make the
>> behavior of this loop conform with the expected behavior you just described
>> (only calling the hook if a rl_gather_tyi completed with a *full* timeout,
>> no data was read). Correct?
>
> Yes. The reason the change was made in the first place is that the hook
> should not be called for each character read. That's not its purpose, and
> it makes using the timeout more difficult.
OK, thank you very much for the patch and taking the time to give some
explanations :-).
Is there any chance to get this turned into an official patch for readline 6.2,
considering the problem it fixes is a major nuisance for people using GNU
readline 6.2 on Mac OS X?
Cheers,
max