non-blocking auto-save (was: Are there plans for a multi-threaded Emacs?)

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 05 Dec 2003, address@hidden wrote:

> Also I'm sure that both reading and writing can be done
> asynchronously without having all of Emacs being multi-threaded.
> Even if you don't have support from the OS this can be implemented
> with cooperative means, just reading/writing reasonable chunks
> during idle time.

OK, that would be a very nice feature then if auto-save could be
non-blocking.  Can this be done with the current Emacs feature set?

Thanks
Ted