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30.1; xml-mode enters infinite loop when saving with unclosed XML comment

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: kojie.yk <at> icloud.com
Cc: 77704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#77704: 30.1; xml-mode enters infinite loop when saving with unclosed XML  comment
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 14:32:24 +0300

Ping!  Can someone try reproducing this?

> Cc: 77704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 13:34:56 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> > Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:49:25 +0900
> > From:  TANIKAWAKoji via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> >  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> > 
> > 
> > To reproduce:
> > 
> > 1. emacs -Q
> > 2. Open a new buffer and enter: <!--
> > 3. Set mode to xml-mode: M-x xml-mode
> > 4. Save buffer: C-x C-s
> > 
> > Expected: Save succeeds, or a warning about unclosed comment.
> > 
> > Actual: Emacs enters an infinite loop or hangs. Requires external termination.
> 
> I cannot reproduce this, neither with the stock Emacs 29.1 nor with
> later versions.  Are you sure you are using xml-mode from Emacs?  In
> Emacs 29.1, xml-mode is just an alias for nxml-mode.
> 
> Maybe this is macOS specific?
> 
> 
> 
> 

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