GNU bug report logs - #58601
29.0.50; Infinite loop in byte-compile--first-symbol-with-pos

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>

Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 23:25:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 58601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: dick <dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 58601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58601: 29.0.50; Infinite loop in
 byte-compile--first-symbol-with-pos
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.
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