Re: process.c: read_process_output: hard coded 4096 bytes read limit

[Stefan Monnier]

>    How would you use accept-process-output with an asynchronous process
>    channel?  E.g. when would you call it?  How do you know when there is
>    data available?

> Presumably the protocol specifies a format for the received data that
> includes some kind of "end of message" marker.  You know there is data
> available when that marker is not present (given a well-formed message).
> For example:

But accept-process-output is synchronous: while running it, nothing else
can happen.  It's important to make sure that the performance is good
enough with accept-process-output but it should *also* be good enough
without accept-process-output.


        Stefan