GNU bug report logs - #7044
24.0.50; Emacs crashes after calling ediff-regions-linewise

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:27:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 7044 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>, 7044 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7044: 24.0.50;
	Emacs crashes after calling ediff-regions-linewise
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:00:06 -0400

Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com> writes:

>   Fmarker_position (current_buffer->mark)
>
> returns nil, and so beg is assigned XINT (nil), which is a bug.
>
> Now, shouldn't current_buffer->mark_active be nil if the mark points
> nowhere?

No; it's possible that the buffer-local variable mark-active has been
set but the actual marker hasn't been assigned yet.  This was an
oversight on my part, and I've now checked in a fix.

Thanks.
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