A number of things would be useful in threads: network file access, file searching, building, /bin/tail-like behaviors. And there are many many more that I'm sure I can't just think of right away
-----Original Message----- From: Aaron Griffin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 9:08 AM To: Chuck Mason Cc: A.J.Mechelynck; Tom Whittock; vim@vim.org Subject: Re: Python crash On 4/5/07, Chuck Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > /nodefaultlib:python24.lib > > That's 2.4 right? > > The point is that vim.command() is not thread-safe. I tried this in > pearl (5.8) as well with the same result. Except that perl's VIM::Msg > works in a thread (albeit things seem unstable) and VIM::DoCommand does > not. What do you need separate thread in a text editor for, anyway?