GNU bug report logs - #36431
Crash in marker.c:337

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Werner LEMBERG <wl <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 11:19:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: wl <at> gnu.org, 36431 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36431: Crash in marker.c:337
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 18:16:43 +0300
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: wl <at> gnu.org,  36431 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 10:59:09 -0400
> 
> > More generally, I'd be leery to make significant changes ion
> > insert-file-contents just to placate that single assertion.
> 
> I'm still trying to really understand what the code is doing, but so far
> I get the impression that there are real bugs there, so I'm not really
> concerned with resolving the assertion but with fixing those bugs.
> Of course, to do that, I first need to understand the code (which maybe
> will convince me that there aren't any bugs after all).

I'm not sure those are bugs.  When we manipulate the gap, the buffer
is left in inconsistent state for short periods of time, and that is
normal AFAIU.




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