Re: Temporarily disable `timer-event-handler'

[Alexander Shukaev]

> > Some sort of macro (aka `ignore-timers') which essentially
> > forbids yielding during the execution of the enclosed body,
>
> No, remember: Emacs is a Lisp machine, aka a kind of OS, so this would
> mean that application A hogs the whole machine just because it wants to
> prevent B from running.
>
> Instead we need something more specific which lets A delay B without
> delaying other, unrelated, events.

In a fine-grained scenario where one knows exactly which other timer 
(event) to delay, yes.  I was more into temporarily inhibiting all the 
timers (for whatever reason may be needed too, e.g. what Michael faces). 
 Would be cool to support both of course.