GNU bug report logs - #39805
describe-variable fails to print some circular list values

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: No Wayman <iarchivedmywholelife <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:50:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, fixed, patch

Found in versions 28.0.50, 26.1

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

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: No Wayman <iarchivedmywholelife <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 39805 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39805: 28.0.50;
 scan-sexps (scan_lists) incorrectly parsing circular list
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 22:09:21 -0500

tags 39805 fixed
close 39805 27.1
quit

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> writes:
> Subject: [PATCH] Fix describe-variable on values with circular syntax
>  (Bug#39805)
>
> * lisp/help-fns.el (describe-variable): Set syntax tables before
> calling pp-buffer.

Pushed to emacs-27.

[1: 7cafbbe964]: 2020-03-03 22:04:48 -0500
  Fix describe-variable on values with circular syntax (Bug#39805)
  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=7cafbbe96434ef616abfef364d82f7250bffc1ed
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 82 days ago.

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