Re: [PATCH] Added inotify support.

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Óscar Fuentes <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:46:33 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Btw, what are Emacs use cases for using this kind of feature?
> 
> Apart from those mentioned on the original message (dired or magit's (or
> vc-dir) status view) I'll like to mention auto-revert-mode.

All those need either a single file to be watched or don't need any
details about what exactly changed (dired).  That's a far cry from
what's being proposed.

> You are leaving this case to extremes. Emacs already allows you to do
> very silly things. Let's not throw out useful features simply because
> they might be abused.

I didn't suggest to throw away anything.  I suggested to think about
the API we provide, so that it could be simpler and safer.  Abuse has
nothing to do with naivette.