Re: [patch] Fix testsuite annotate-quit race (PR 544)

Chet Ramey
2008-03-25T01:02:09Z

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

> What I think is happening is that rl_redisplay has some optimizations
> which cause it not to redisplay. And since we have a custom function
> installed readline isn't calling the alternate hooks that force
> display. So rl_redisplay does not actually meet the interface
> associated with rl_redisplay_function despite being its default
> value. Nasty.

That's interesting, if true. Can anyone add detail confirming this?

Chet
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