GNU bug report logs - #31326
eshell/clear goes into infinite loop with eshell-smart-initialize

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jonathan Kyle Mitchell <kyle <at> jonathanmitchell.org>

Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 06:15:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, fixed, patch

Merged with 37198

Found in versions 25, 26.2, 27.0.50

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Kyle Mitchell <kyle <at> jonathanmitchell.org>
Cc: 31326 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31326: 27.0.50; eshell/clear exceeds max-lisp-eval-depth
Date: Fri, 04 May 2018 06:42:12 -0400

tags 31326 + patch
quit

Jonathan Kyle Mitchell <kyle <at> jonathanmitchell.org> writes:

> I did a little more investigation into this issue. While I don't fully
> understand all the code paths of how it works, I found that let
> binding eshell-input-filter-functions to nil stops the infinite
> looping.

> Here's a diff for the change that works for me:

> -    (let ((eshell-input-filter-functions
> -           (remq 'eshell-add-to-history eshell-input-filter-functions)))
> +    (let ((eshell-input-filter-functions nil))
>        (insert (make-string (window-size) ?\n))
>        (eshell-send-input))))

Makes sense, I'll push this to master in a few days.  Have you assigned
copyright for Emacs?  If no, I'll mark it as a tiny change.
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