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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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: bug#30675: Ask the user what to do when shr-make-table: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 19:02:00 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

>> 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...

I've now done this on master, so we'll see how this works out in
practice.

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