Re: Why does this thread code crash my emacs?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: dick <dick.r.chiang@gmail.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 06:53:17 -0400
> 
> > But the facts are the OP's recipe proves that a non-main thread _can_ wait
> > for input.
> 
> It does not.

Of course, it does: it calls read_char.

> Try typing into the *Hanoi* buffer.  It does not stop the Hanoi as
> it would if it were running in main thread.

And why is that?

> > If you do care, why does it matter what you did in your private fork
> 
> Narcissism of course.  Why does anyone do anything for no pay?  The more
> serious answer is I am using emacs-devel as a recruiting mechanism to show
> what's possible under a maintainer who:
> 
> 1. much prefers a PR-based workflow with automated CI, superior changeset
> management, conversation visibility, commit and line citation, but equally
> poor search
> 
> 2. is unafraid to address problems at their root, quite distinct from the
> current committee's timorous "a stopgap patch here and a stopgap there"
> approach.

Let's talk in a year or 5 or 10 and see where did your fork get under
such a maintainer.