GNU bug report logs - #28850
26.0.90; Error running timer 'jit-lock-stealth-fontify': (error "Invalid search bound (wrong side of point)")

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From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 28850 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28850: 26.0.90;
 Error running timer 'jit-lock-stealth-fontify': (error "Invalid
 search bound (wrong side of point)")
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:57:16 +0100

Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> writes:

> The cause of this is a (search-forward-regexp <regexp> limit t) in a loop, where
> the code fails to check (< (point) limit) at the start.  In textprop.c in
> master, it so happens that the last successful iteration of the loop
> leaves point beyond limit.  So we get the exception.
>
> This is easy to correct, but first I'm going to check for all the other
> places where the same mistake occurs.  Expect a patch soon!

How exciting!  Thanks for looking into this so quickly.

-- 
Basil

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