From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Damien Elmes Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Invalid read syntax hanging emacs? #! Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 12:46:20 +1100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <867kb2vhxv.fsf@mobile.repose.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1047606402 30563 80.91.224.249 (14 Mar 2003 01:46:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 01:46:42 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 14 02:46:41 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18teHR-0007wn-00 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 02:46:41 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18tefQ-0005iG-00 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 03:11:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18teHw-0003Qs-0G for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 20:47:12 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18teHU-0002oa-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 20:46:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18teHO-0002Wa-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 20:46:38 -0500 Original-Received: from dsl-202-45-99-227.act.netspace.net.au ([202.45.99.227] helo=plethora.repose.cx) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18teHL-0002LH-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 20:46:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mobile.repose.cx (mobile.repose.cx [192.168.3.2]) by plethora.repose.cx (Postfix) with SMTP id AE532AA2B8 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2003 12:50:38 +1100 (EST) Original-Received: by mobile.repose.cx (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 14 Mar 2003 12:46:21 +1100 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.090015 (Oort Gnus v0.15) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:12348 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:12348 Hi folks, I'm not sure if this is a bug or whether I'm missing something. The behaviour doesn't occur in emacs21.2, but does in HEAD (as of a month or two ago, and a fresh checkout yesterday). Run "emacs -q". Type #! into scratch, and type C-x C-e. Instead of giving an error about invalid read syntax, emacs hangs. A couple of C-gs don't seem to do anything, but sometimes if I switch to another window (in X), it comes back. Repeating the procedure is usually enough to hang it without the ability to recover. Regards, -- Damien Elmes