Autotype after a CHOICE causes an odd delay

[Dutchmagic]

Describe the bug

Using a CHOICE option in the autoexec part of a .conf file followed by a autotype command, causes an odd delay within X.
It does continue after this delay.

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

This is just an easy example:

1. Download the Explicit demo: https://files.scene.org/get/parties/1996/naid96/demo/hrn-expl.zip
2. Use the conf file created for DosBox-X: https://github.com/joncampbell123/demotest/tree/master/unpacked/ftp.scene.org/mirrors/hornet/demos/1996/h/hrn-expl.zip
3. Edit the autoexec section of the .conf file with:
   @choice /N /T:n,10 "Run hidden part? (Y or N)"
   IF ERRORLEVEL ==2 GOTO ORIG
   IF ERRORLEVEL ==1 GOTO HIDDEN

:ORIG
@autotype -w 0.5 enter enter enter enter y
@EXPLICIT.EXE
exit

:HIDDEN
@EXPLICIT.EXE -JA
exit

4. Run the demo in DosBox and notice the odd delay when autotype is used (choosing N) and when it isn't (choosing Y).

Expected behavior

autotype should not cause a delay after using CHOICE.

What operating system(s) this bug have occurred on?

Windows 10 (but does not matter)

What version(s) of DOSBox-X have this bug?

Most current version

Used configuration

# This is the configuration file for DOSBox 0.800. (Please use the latest version of DOSBox)
# Lines starting with a # are comment lines and are ignored by DOSBox.
# They are used to (briefly) document the effect of each option.
[dosbox]
memsize=16

[cpu]
core=normal
cputype=pentium
cycles=25000

[dos]
umb=false

[gus]
gus=true

[speaker]
pcspeaker=true
initial frequency=0
disney=true

[sblaster]
sbtype=sbpro2

[autoexec]
@mount c .\hrn-expl
c:
cls
REM ------ RUN THE DEMO -------
@echo off
@CHOICE /N /T:n,10 "Run hidden part? (Y or N)"
IF ERRORLEVEL ==2 GOTO ORIG
IF ERRORLEVEL ==1 GOTO HIDDEN

:ORIG
@autotype -w 0.5 enter enter enter enter y
@EXPLICIT.EXE 
exit

:HIDDEN
@autotype -w 0.5 enter enter enter enter y
@EXPLICIT.EXE -JA
exit

Output log

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Additional information

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[maron2000]

As a workaround, you can insert a dummy line just before autotype command.

@choice /N /T:2,10 "Run hidden part? (Y or N)"
IF ERRORLEVEL ==2 GOTO ORIG
IF ERRORLEVEL ==1 GOTO HIDDEN

:ORIG
rem echo no
autotype -w 0.5 enter enter enter enter y
EXPLICIT.EXE
goto END

:HIDDEN
EXPLICIT.EXE -JA

:END

[Dutchmagic]

Odd - an extra dummy line like that does not seem to help speed it up for me.

[maron2000]

Okay, we still have to look in to this.

[Dutchmagic]

The interesting thing is - the default choice (in the example choice N) will not cause a delay after the time-out.