Re: kbd vs read-key-sequence

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: address@hidden,  Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>,  address@hidden,
>         address@hidden
> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:35:30 -0400
> 
> > Anything to do with coding-systems in C code is difficult. Especially when
> > almost every encoding on Windows involves autoloaded CCL based
> > coding-systems.
> 
> It doesn't have to be done in C.  Since decoding may run elisp code, it has
> to be done somewhere where lisp can be run, so you may as well do it by
> calling an elisp routine from C.

In the middle of keyboard-reading code, this is a highly complicated
way of committing suicide.  Especially since the w32 keyboard
processing is split between two threads, unlike on other platforms.

> Of course, you have to figure out where to
> do it, and make sure that it's indeed a place where lisp can be run.

Exactly.