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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 59038 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
To: Chris Hecker <checker <at> d6.com>
Cc: 59038 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, acm <at> muc.de, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#59038: loading this base64 file makes emacs -Q 28.2 peg a
 core infinitely
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2022 09:45:02 +0100

Chris Hecker <checker <at> d6.com> writes:

>> It's a single 21,728-character line.
>
> Yeah?  This isn’t 1970.  I have 32gb of ram and a 12 core cpu. 

I think Eli was meaning that the size of the line should not cause
problems.  The long-lines optimizations in the coming Emacs 29 wasn't
exactly easy, and mentioining long lines is kind of a trigger ATM, I
guess :-).
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