GNU bug report logs - #24047
[PROPOSED PATCH] ‘signal’ no longer returns

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:22:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 24047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 24047 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24047: Should 'signal' sometimes return?
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:37:36 -0400

> Attached is a more-conservative version of the patch, which keeps the
> debug-on-quit behavior when the user types C-g, so that 'signal' never
> returns but C-g might still "return". This is in response to Stefan's email
> at <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-07/msg00958.html>.

Haven't looked in detail, but it looks OK.

A further patch could change the new `quit' function so it checks
debug-on-quit, and either calls the debugger or calls Fsignal.  This way
we don't need the intermediate signal_or_quit function.


        Stefan
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