GNU bug report logs - #59038
loading this base64 file makes emacs -Q 28.2 peg a core infinitely

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Chris Hecker <checker <at> d6.com>

Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2022 02:49:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Chris Hecker <checker <at> d6.com>
Cc: 59038 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59038: loading this base64 file makes emacs -Q 28.2 peg a core infinitely
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2022 08:52:55 +0200

> From: "Chris Hecker" <checker <at> d6.com>
> Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2022 02:48:42 +0000
> 
> gunzip this file (it's a c header file base64 encoded from googlesource.com) to Looper.h and load it with 28.2
> emacs -Q and it'll infinite loop pegging one core.  
> 
> Expected behavior:  load the file, and let me base64-decode it.
> 
> It's a long line, but not _that_ long.

It's a single 21,728-character line.

With Emacs 29 (from the master branch of the Emacs Git repository), I
have no trouble visiting the file.  It triggers the new long-line
optimizations feature.

So I think the problem you have is already fixed for the upcoming
Emacs 29.
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