GNU bug report logs - #61514
30.0.50; sadistically long xml line hangs emacs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Mark A. Hershberger" <mah <at> everybody.org>

Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 21:05:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.0.50

Done: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Mark A. Hershberger" <mah <at> nichework.com>
Cc: 61514 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61514: 30.0.50; sadistically long xml line hangs emacs
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:58:35 +0200

> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 09:06:25 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Mark A. Hershberger" <mah <at> nichework.com>
> Cc: 61514 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Eli writes:
> > The problem is in the combination of nxml-mode and some subtle
> > bug/misfeature in our regexp routines.
> 
> Thank you for your work in tracking this down.
> 
> That regex looks pretty awful.

Yep.  And coupled with quadratic (or worse?) behavior of our
backtracking regexp engine, it's a killer.
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