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24.3.50; Crashes in GC continue

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3.50; Crashes in GC continue
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 07:27:27 -0500

I still get crashes in GC from trying to mark
clear-temporary-overlay-map.

Why create that symbol?  Why not use an interned symbol?  A comment
says that nested temporary maps don't work anyway.  But nested maps
could be supported by using clear-temporary-overlay-map-1,
clear-temporary-overlay-map-2, and so on, all interned.

Of course, the real bug is in GC.  The Lisp code is correct and it
ought to work.  But I don't understand the GC bug, and no one else
is fixing it.

So I propose to install this change.

=== modified file 'lisp/subr.el'
*** lisp/subr.el	2013-12-20 19:55:56 +0000
--- lisp/subr.el	2013-12-27 21:19:34 +0000
***************
*** 4280,4286 ****
  
  Optional ON-EXIT argument is a function that is called after the
  deactivation of MAP."
!   (let ((clearfun (make-symbol "clear-temporary-overlay-map")))
      ;; Don't use letrec, because equal (in add/remove-hook) would get trapped
      ;; in a cycle.
      (fset clearfun
--- 4280,4286 ----
  
  Optional ON-EXIT argument is a function that is called after the
  deactivation of MAP."
!   (let ((clearfun 'clear-temporary-overlay-map))
      ;; Don't use letrec, because equal (in add/remove-hook) would get trapped
      ;; in a cycle.
      (fset clearfun





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President, Free Software Foundation
51 Franklin St
Boston MA 02110
USA
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Message #10 received at 16278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 16278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16278: 24.3.50; Crashes in GC continue
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 08:29:28 -0500

severity 16278 important
thanks

> Why create that symbol?  Why not use an interned symbol?  A comment
> says that nested temporary maps don't work anyway.

Actually, the code (and the comment) has recently been changed to make
nesting work.  Oh wait, I see I haven't committed it yet.  Should be
there real soon, tho.

> Of course, the real bug is in GC.  The Lisp code is correct and it
> ought to work.  But I don't understand the GC bug, and no one else
> is fixing it.

I think it's important to fix this bug, and much better than to try and
work around it (without knowing if that workaround actually works).


        Stefan

Message #15 received at 16278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 16278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16278: 24.3.50; Crashes in GC continue
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:35:17 -0500

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    > Of course, the real bug is in GC.  The Lisp code is correct and it
    > ought to work.  But I don't understand the GC bug, and no one else
    > is fixing it.

    I think it's important to fix this bug, and much better than to try and
    work around it (without knowing if that workaround actually works).

I agree it is important.  So will someone work on it?

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
51 Franklin St
Boston MA 02110
USA
www.fsf.org  www.gnu.org
Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
  Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.

Message #18 received at 16278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 16278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16278: 24.3.50; Crashes in GC continue
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2014 23:13:39 -0500

> I agree it is important.  So will someone work on it?

We need some way to reproduce it, I think.


        Stefan

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