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24.3.50; emacs_backtrace.txt

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 14666 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14666: 24.3.50; emacs_backtrace.txt
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:23:12 +0200

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> "Should" in what sense?  w32_wnd_proc, the function in which this
> happens, is the main window procedure for Emacs, and it runs in the
> input thread, which is separate from the Lisp thread.  The code which
> crashes is the only one in w32_wnd_proc that references buffers,
> windows, and frames, which are objects that are manipulated (and
> GC'ed) by the Lisp thread.

I was afraid you'd say something like that :-)

> Did I answer your question?

More or less. It is obvious that using these macros in a place where
their assumptions can be violated is a no-no (as witnessed by this
crash).

Still, shouldn't that happen much more frequently? Or it is
WM_IME_STARTCOMPOSITION infrecuent? (I would've guessed it would
mostly show up in localized version of Windows, BTW...)

   J

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