GNU bug report logs - #33294
xwidget-insert crashes Emacs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Evgeny Zajcev <lg.zevlg <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2018 21:15:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 26.2

Done: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: gazally <at> runbox.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, lg.zevlg <at> gmail.com, rpluim <at> gmail.com, 33294 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33294: xwidget-insert crashes Emacs
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2018 21:23:03 -0500

>> The "impossible" category is for when such objects can never be passed
>> to `type-of`, typically because they are not available to Elisp.
>>
>> But there's no harm/risk to "allow" a particular kind of object even if
>> it's actually impossible for it to be passed to type-of.
> Pardon my ignorance, but why then is the fallback behaviour on getting
> an "impossible" type to abort Emacs, rather than eg just throwing an
> error or returning 'unknown or somesuch?

Presumably it indicates a bug in the C code of Emacs, hence "abort".
But either way works for me,


        Stefan
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