Re: emacs | Pipeline #8399 has failed for master | ee0e259e

[Michael Albinus]

Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Philipp,

> You're right in that (while (accept-process-output PROC 0)) doesn't
> result in a busy wait, yes. However, since accept-process-output
> returns nil in that case, it wouldn't wait at all. But these tests
> (e.g. process-tests-stderr-filter) are clearly intended to wait for
> process exit; they even contain assertions that the process has
> exited.
> I'm still convinced that (while (accept-process-output PROC)) is the
> only correct way to wait for PROC to finish (see the "Accepting
> Output" Info node).

I believe, (while (accept-process-output PROC 0)) is the proper way to
read pending output from an exited process. That's all.

Best regards, Michael.