Github user tony810430 commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2925
I think it would not be sub-optimal, because it still need to separate
consuming thread and ingesting thread, which emits records to next operator.
The reason for this implementation is because `Timer` can't support 0 period,
so I have to make it run forever.
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