1 files changed, 6 insertions, 60 deletions

diff --git a/generic/tclIORChan.c b/generic/tclIORChan.c
index 9097bf4..65f166b 100644
--- a/generic/tclIORChan.c
+++ b/generic/tclIORChan.c
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ static int		ReflectSetOption(ClientData clientData,
 			    const char *newValue);
 static int		ReflectTruncate(ClientData clientData,
 			    long long length);
-static void     TimerRunRead(ClientData clientData);
-static void     TimerRunWrite(ClientData clientData);
 
 /*
  * The C layer channel type/driver definition used by the reflection.
@@ -121,17 +119,6 @@ typedef struct {
     int dead;			/* Boolean signal that some operations
 				 * should no longer be attempted. */
 
-    Tcl_TimerToken readTimer;   /*
-				   A token for the timer that is scheduled in
-				   order to call Tcl_NotifyChannel when the
-				   channel is readable
-			        */
-    Tcl_TimerToken writeTimer;  /*
-				   A token for the timer that is scheduled in
-				   order to call Tcl_NotifyChannel when the
-				   channel is writable
-			        */
-
     /*
      * Note regarding the usage of timers.
      *
@@ -141,9 +128,11 @@ typedef struct {
      *
      * See 'rechan', 'memchan', etc.
      *
-     * A timer is used here as well in order to ensure at least on pass through
-     * the event loop when a channel becomes ready. See issues 67a5eabbd3d1 and
-     * ef28eb1f1516.
+     * Here this is _not_ required. Interest in events is posted to the Tcl
+     * level via 'watch'. And posting of events is possible from the Tcl level
+     * as well, via 'chan postevent'. This means that the generation of all
+     * events, fake or not, timer based or not, is completely in the hands of
+     * the Tcl level. Therefore no timer here.
      */
 } ReflectedChannel;
 
@@ -951,18 +940,7 @@ TclChanPostEventObjCmd(
 #if TCL_THREADS
     if (rcPtr->owner == rcPtr->thread) {
 #endif
-	if (events & TCL_READABLE) {
-	    if (rcPtr->readTimer == NULL) {
-		rcPtr->readTimer = Tcl_CreateTimerHandler(SYNTHETIC_EVENT_TIME,
-			TimerRunRead, rcPtr);
-	    }
-	}
-	if (events & TCL_WRITABLE) {
-	    if (rcPtr->writeTimer == NULL) {
-		rcPtr->writeTimer = Tcl_CreateTimerHandler(SYNTHETIC_EVENT_TIME,
-			TimerRunWrite, rcPtr);
-	    }
-	}
+        Tcl_NotifyChannel(chan, events);
 #if TCL_THREADS
     } else {
         ReflectEvent *ev = (ReflectEvent *)ckalloc(sizeof(ReflectEvent));
@@ -1010,24 +988,6 @@ TclChanPostEventObjCmd(
 #undef EVENT
 }
 
-static void
-TimerRunRead(
-    ClientData clientData)
-{
-    ReflectedChannel *rcPtr = (ReflectedChannel *)clientData;
-    rcPtr->readTimer = NULL;
-    Tcl_NotifyChannel(rcPtr->chan, TCL_READABLE);
-}
-
-static void
-TimerRunWrite(
-    ClientData clientData)
-{
-    ReflectedChannel *rcPtr = (ReflectedChannel *)clientData;
-    rcPtr->writeTimer = NULL;
-    Tcl_NotifyChannel(rcPtr->chan, TCL_WRITABLE);
-}
-
 /*
  * Channel error message marshalling utilities.
  */
@@ -1226,12 +1186,6 @@ ReflectClose(
 	    ckfree(tctPtr);
 	    ((Channel *)rcPtr->chan)->typePtr = NULL;
 	}
-	if (rcPtr->readTimer != NULL) {
-	    Tcl_DeleteTimerHandler(rcPtr->readTimer);
-	}
-	if (rcPtr->writeTimer != NULL) {
-	    Tcl_DeleteTimerHandler(rcPtr->writeTimer);
-	}
         Tcl_EventuallyFree(rcPtr, (Tcl_FreeProc *) FreeReflectedChannel);
 	return EOK;
     }
@@ -1301,12 +1255,6 @@ ReflectClose(
 	ckfree(tctPtr);
 	((Channel *)rcPtr->chan)->typePtr = NULL;
     }
-    if (rcPtr->readTimer != NULL) {
-	Tcl_DeleteTimerHandler(rcPtr->readTimer);
-    }
-    if (rcPtr->writeTimer != NULL) {
-	Tcl_DeleteTimerHandler(rcPtr->writeTimer);
-    }
     Tcl_EventuallyFree(rcPtr, (Tcl_FreeProc *) FreeReflectedChannel);
     return (result == TCL_OK) ? EOK : EINVAL;
 }
@@ -2277,8 +2225,6 @@ NewReflectedChannel(
     rcPtr->chan = NULL;
     rcPtr->interp = interp;
     rcPtr->dead = 0;
-    rcPtr->readTimer = 0;
-    rcPtr->writeTimer = 0;
 #if TCL_THREADS
     rcPtr->thread = Tcl_GetCurrentThread();
 #endif