GNU bug report logs - #57804
An infinite loop in a `fontify-region' function causes Emacs to hang indefinitely

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 15:07:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: dick <dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 57804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57804: An infinite loop in a `fontify-region' function causes Emacs to hang indefinitely
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:00:19 -0400

That you think embedding the `(while t "whoopsie")` in a font-lock
callback somehow make emacs more culpable is indicative of a young
person's rush to judgment and inclination to conflate.

I challenge you to find another single-threaded program in which "while
(true)" doesn't require a kernel-level interrupt.
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