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From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
To: tomas@tuxteam.de
Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: `max-specpdl-size' and `max-lisp-eval-depth'
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 19:26:22 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGP6PO+P-5Z6tmN-AJcG9zYMbPNs9G07k+Aq0-YWEwuWMaAQ+Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210926071351.GA10016@tuxteam.de>

On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 3:14 PM <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 02:33:51PM +0800, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > What's the meaning of `specpdl'?
>
> Ask Emacs. Go to the Emacs Lisp info (in an Emacs windows, do C-h i
> and m "Elisp" or whatever equivalent there is in your operating
> system).
>
> Then enter "i" (means "index") and then "specpdl". The first hit
> will tell you:

I mainly use the following method to access this help: `C-h o
max-specpdl-size RET'

> So that is a kind of stack, but not for "normal" function returns,
> but rather for unwind-protects and other nonlocal exit paths.

Thank you for your explanation, but what puzzles me most is what is
the full English name of the word `specpdl'.

Best, HZ



  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-26 11:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-26  1:48 `max-specpdl-size' and `max-lisp-eval-depth' Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-26  2:36 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-26  6:33   ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-26  7:13     ` tomas
2021-09-26 11:26       ` Hongyi Zhao [this message]
2021-09-26 11:55         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-26 13:04         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-26 15:01           ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-28 10:50             ` Stephen Berman
2021-09-28 11:03               ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-09-28 11:05               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-28 11:20                 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-28 13:49                 ` tomas
2021-09-28 14:08                   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-28 14:19                     ` tomas
2021-09-28 11:14               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-28 11:23                 ` Stephen Berman
2021-09-29  5:53                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-26  3:53 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-26  4:09   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-28  3:45     ` Google vi (was: Re: [External] : `max-specpdl-size' and `max-lisp-eval-depth') Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-09-26  7:09   ` [External] : `max-specpdl-size' and `max-lisp-eval-depth' Hongyi Zhao

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