Subject: Re: bug#8630: 23.1; Emacs freezes when creating nearly empty __init__.py

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 12:04:48 -0400

Daniel Gonzalez wrote:

> Create new file __init__.py, insert a single space, and save the
> file. Emacs freezes, and must be killed (xkill in my case).
>
> In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.3)
>  of 2010-03-26 on palmer, modified by Debian

I am unable to reproduce this with Debian's Emacs 23.3 (this fixes
various bugs, so it is a good idea to update if you can), or with 23.1
on another system.

Does this happen starting from `emacs -Q'?
Can Emacs be interrupted with ctrl-g?