GNU bug report logs - #24914
24.5; isearch-regexp: wrong error message

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 22:31:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed, fixed, patch

Found in versions 24.5, 25.2

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: 24914 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24914: 24.5; isearch-regexp: wrong error message
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 14:29:45 -0800 (PST)

Do this in a large file:

1. C-M-s \(.\|^J\)+

That shows the error message: [error Stack overflow in regexp matcher].
OK, understandable.

2. C-M-s \(.\|^J\)\{,4000\}, where ^J is really a newline char, typed by
using `C-q C-j'.

No problem with that search.

3. C-M-s \(.\|^J\)\{,40000\}

That shows the error message: [incomplete input], which is wrong, IMO.

In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2015-04-11 on LEG570
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --prefix=/c/usr --host=i686-pc-mingw32'
This bug report was last modified 7 years and 118 days ago.

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