GNU bug report logs - #75520
Circular code or data can hang Emacs unquittably

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> protonmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 75520 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mattiase <at> acm.org, acorallo <at> gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu
Subject: bug#75520: Circular code or data can hang Emacs unquittably
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:23:46 -0500

Pip Cet via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text
editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:

> "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> We can fix only the most painful ones.  We don't need to make sure
>> none remain, if it isn't easy.
>
> It's not.  Maybe coccinelle can help, though (Stefan Kangas just used
> it, so it seems to still exist, and coccigrep at least was updated
> recently).

AFAIK, it's actively developed and used.  Version 1.3.0 was released
last November.

https://coccinelle.gitlabpages.inria.fr/website/distrib/changes.html

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