GNU bug report logs - #59452
29.0.50; [PGTK] SIGSEV Args out of range: 6, 6

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Message #35 received at 59452 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: germanp82 <at> hotmail.com, 59452 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59452: 29.0.50; [PGTK] SIGSEV Args out of range: 6, 6
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 18:37:00 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> If these handlers run Lisp or call primitives or their subroutines, it's a
> tough requirement, which is almost impossible to fulfill.  The resulting
> build will be very fragile.  Emacs internals signal errors all over the
> place.  You could catch errors via internal_condition_case_* etc., but doing
> so will sometimes trigger an infinite loop of errors, and make Emacs
> unresponsive.

Well, we will just have to try our best.  GLib gained this limitation
several years ago, and I've only seen two crash reports because of it up
until now.

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