GNU bug report logs - #46586
26.3, 27.1.50; Emacs crash in a backtrace (core) dump (a long standing issue)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 路客 <luke.yx.lee <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:15:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: 路客 <luke.yx.lee <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 46586 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46586: 26.3, 27.1.50; Emacs crash in a backtrace (core) dump (a long standing issue)
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 09:56:06 +0800

> It's an infinite recursion in substitute_object_recurse, called by
> lread--substitute-object-in-subtree.

I see, but why is Emacs 26.0.50 or earlier able to catch this issue?
Shouldn't the read() function try to prevent itself from crashing?
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