GNU bug report logs - #30675
Ask the user what to do when shr-make-table: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

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Message #40 received at 30675 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 30675 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#30675: Ask the user what to do when shr-make-table: Variable
 binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 17:34:10 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Which probably means ten-fold increase is too much.  Would increasing
> the limit twice fix this problem?  If so, then let's do that in
> shr.el.

I'm thinking that any increase might be unsafe, and that we should just
leave the variable be.  We don't want to crash an Emacs where the user
has already increased the limit.

> Because there's a possibility of infinite recursion.  So the question
> actually boils down to "how much do you trust the code which caused
> this?"  And I'm guessing the answer will tend to be NO with each
> additional prompt from the same command.

That's true.  But if there's a chance that Emacs may crash by the user
holding down `y' a bit, then that's no fun, either...

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