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

Previous Next

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.

Full log

Message #49 received at 58601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>, Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>,
 58601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58601: 29.0.50; Infinite loop in
 byte-compile--first-symbol-with-pos
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 12:57:05 +0200

19 okt. 2022 kl. 14.48 skrev Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>:

> Fine by me.  Tho once we get into this range, 666 sounds a lot
> more enticing.

Since this code is only run when reporting errors, quadratic behaviour is perhaps not a disaster and we can replace the depth fuel with a list of values seen and thus detect loops in arbitrary data structures. (Or just run with 666.)
This bug report was last modified 2 years and 300 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.