From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "T.V. Raman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Q: while loop in impl of error and user-error Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 02:13:50 -0700 Message-ID: References: <52704170.9070108@poczta.onet.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1383124438 23811 80.91.229.3 (30 Oct 2013 09:13:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:13:58 +0000 (UTC) To: Jarek Czekalski , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 30 10:14:04 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VbRqm-0001lM-58 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:14:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51099 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VbRql-0005Px-J6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 05:14:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40556) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VbRqe-0005PH-Jf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 05:14:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VbRqZ-00084B-JS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 05:13:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qc0-x232.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c01::232]:48948) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VbRqZ-000844-FS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 05:13:51 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-qc0-f178.google.com with SMTP id x19so621695qcw.9 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 02:13:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=bcJ2CaBqIcaVkovZkicGJU6infXawkQA/AVII4L3IDA=; b=do/NKapKOjin4CmXu6bfnSZs+u2DIaZ1T2w87CNVx64lruCc+jle+sfIYIddOQKyPU u3SYqyopIVwY8Bk91vn40hsSbY4dXqx7bq76nDOaA7qdBRqhoiNZ1ydK3LsGmH9UQ8SX xfn7IGgCojTkWZ2qdeJ79jO6aKOsVc/7hLN3XZ+/ViKlLAza0u3cLgLbUGIUNCGAPEDe Ls7KeXfDhNzQL2nJEaNOkdCjxMovfjF7njoBNUKWFP+IavW36s+D/7na9L+nDR248GFf kZxFJ6GtR96QZ12afNM/1SQt07DEgvUY8v0gITG7iPEijGz3oJI4oSR8kFRV4NfTsXFf Hp0w== X-Received: by 10.49.50.7 with SMTP id y7mr4987324qen.45.1383124430807; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 02:13:50 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.229.171.135 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 02:13:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <52704170.9070108@poczta.onet.pl> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c01::232 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:164680 Archived-At: I would still nuke that loop -- the signal docs are clear that signal does not return; this while loop as written is just mysterious -- -- On 10/29/13, Jarek Czekalski wrote: > Maybe it is a smart way of telling the same that is in the docs of > signal: this function does not return. > > The code is there since 1990. > > http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/emacs/trunk/revision/115 > > However seems like other calls to signal do not use this interesting > construct. > > Jarek > > >