GNU bug report logs - #32257
26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 12:07:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 26.1

Fixed in version 26.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #82 received at 32257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 32257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#32257: 26.1; read-multiple-choice inf loops on mouse clicks
Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 13:08:47 +0300

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 20:52:34 -0400
> Cc: 32257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> >> Fixing a problem and introducing another doesn't sound wise to me.
> >> We've been there several times during the last years, and I don't want
> >> to make the same mistake again.  Sorry.
> >
> > Perhaps reverting the patches that introduced read-multiple-choice
> > is the right answer then.
> 
> How about for emacs-26, we call read-event only after receiving the
> problematic error.  This works around the problem, and should be safe
> enough, since it only triggers when we would otherwise be ending up in
> an infloop anyway.

SGTM, thanks.
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