Subject: Re: bug#58601: 29.0.50; Infinite loop in byte-compile--first-symbol-with-pos

From: dick <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 12:18:06 -0400

AM> But a circular list is an invalid argument

This betrays a basic misunderstanding of what compilers do.

Would that it were so convenient that compiler writers could admit
non-terminating compilation based on the content of user programs.