GNU bug report logs - #17168
24.3.50; Segfault at mark_object

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>

Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 07:45:05 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: moreinfo

Merged with 15583, 15688, 15719, 15972, 16278, 16521, 17167, 17184

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #155 received at 17168 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
Cc: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov <at> yandex.ru>, 17168 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17168: 24.3.50; Segfault at mark_object
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 17:08:47 -0400

> Sure.  But why would you ever want to unintern a symbol that pure storage
> references?

That's a good question.  But it cuts both ways: if we don't know why
it's done, it's hard to judge if it can be disallowed.
I must say I don't very much like this idea of special-casing the
obarray and the symbols interned therein.


        Stefan
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