From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Ernesto Alfonso <erjoalgo@gmail.com>
Cc: 23667@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23667: 24.4; "Stack overflow in regexp matcher" happens in only some buffers, for the same arguments
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 02:36:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b97fe94dql.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k2i9tyun.fsf@gmail.com> (Ernesto Alfonso's message of "Tue, 31 May 2016 19:41:20 -0700")
Ernesto Alfonso wrote:
> (let ((out (shell-command-to-string "curl http://pastebin.com/raw/a2pMaW6h")))
> (string-match "\\(^[[:space:]]*\\([a-z]+\\) = \\(.*\\)\n\\)+" out 0))
>
> If I try this sexp on an ielm-mode or emacs-lisp-mode buffer (just two
> examples I tested), this evaluates to 0. If I try it on a message-mode
> or erc buffer, I get "Stack overflow in regexp matcher".
(length out) = 325969
> The evaluation should be independent of the buffer since no buffer
> contents should be involved.
[:space:] matches characters with whitespace syntax, and syntax is
buffer-local and varies between major modes. If you don't want that,
replace [:space:] with the exact characters you want to match.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-01 6:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-01 2:41 bug#23667: 24.4; "Stack overflow in regexp matcher" happens in only some buffers, for the same arguments Ernesto Alfonso
2016-06-01 6:36 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2016-06-01 14:42 ` Ernesto Alfonso
2016-06-01 17:44 ` Glenn Morris
2016-06-04 8:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
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