Re: allocate_string_data memory corruption

[Stefan Monnier]

>     BTW, it's possible that -DSYNC_INPUT fixes the bug.
> The reason why -DSYNC_INPUT isn't the default
> is that redraw events don't get handled until Emacs reads input.

Huh?  Where did you get this idea?  Events get processed as soon as we hit
a QUIT or a UNBLOCK_INPUT, which is a lot more frequent than reading input.
I've been using -DSYNC_INPUT without noticing any detrimental effect for
more than year.


        Stefan