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

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From: TANIKAWAKoji <kojie.yk <at> icloud.com>
To: 77704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#77704: 30.1; xml-mode enters infinite loop when saving with unclosed XML  comment
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:49:25 +0900

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.

Notes:
- Adding --> afterwards doesn't clear the loop unless syntax-propertize is run manually.
- Occurs reliably in xml-mode, not in nxml-mode.
- Possibly related to scan-sexps or syntax-propertize caching.

System:
- Emacs 29.x on macOS (Apple Silicon)
- Reproducible: 100%





In GNU Emacs 30.1 (build 1, aarch64-apple-darwin21.6.0, NS
appkit-2113.65 Version 12.7.6 (Build 21H1320)) of 2025-02-24 built on
armbob.lan
Windowing system distributor 'Apple', version 10.3.2575
System Description:  macOS 15.3.1

Configured using:
'configure --with-ns '--enable-locallisppath=/Library/Application
Support/Emacs/${version}/site-lisp:/Library/Application
Support/Emacs/site-lisp' --with-modules 'CFLAGS=-DFD_SETSIZE=10000
-DDARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT' --with-x-toolkit=no'

Configured features:
ACL GLIB GMP GNUTLS JPEG LIBXML2 MODULES NOTIFY KQUEUE NS PDUMPER PNG
RSVG SQLITE3 THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER WEBP XIM ZLIB

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: ja_JP.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: nXML

Minor modes in effect:
  helm-mode: t
  helm-minibuffer-history-mode: t
  rng-validate-mode: t
  global-undo-tree-mode: t
  undo-tree-mode: t
  which-key-mode: t
  override-global-mode: t
  global-hl-line-mode: t
  global-display-line-numbers-mode: t
  display-line-numbers-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  global-eldoc-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  minibuffer-regexp-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t

Load-path shadows:
/Users/kojie/.emacs.d/elpa/which-key-20240620.2145/which-key hides /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/which-key
/Users/kojie/.emacs.d/elpa/transient-20250205.2244/transient hides /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/transient

Features:
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Memory information:
((conses 16 492670 105067) (symbols 48 33810 1)
  (strings 32 167280 14163) (string-bytes 1 4288032)
  (vectors 16 60305) (vector-slots 8 1205224 78794) (floats 8 339 57)
  (intervals 56 1288 187) (buffers 992 15))

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