From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Gemini Lasswell <gazally@runbox.com>
Cc: 24911@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24911: 25.1; Emacs hangs or crashes on use of read syntax for circular objects in IELM
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:30:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <837f8bfgaq.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2fun04dzw.fsf@runbox.com> (message from Gemini Lasswell on Wed, 09 Nov 2016 12:03:47 -0800)
> From: Gemini Lasswell <gazally@runbox.com>
> Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2016 12:03:47 -0800
>
> Typing an example from the "Read Syntax for Circular Objects" section of
> the manual into IELM can cause Emacs to hang or crash. I can reproduce
> this fairly consistently with an Emacs built from master on my machine. It
> took me several tries, but I was also able to reproduce it with the Emacs
> 25.1 installed by homebrew. Here are the steps:
>
> emacs -Q
> M-x ielm RET
> #1=(a #1#) RET
> C-p C-p RET
>
> Result: (on OS X) rainbow spinning mouse cursor, unresponsive Emacs
I get an error when I type the first line at IELM prompt:
*** Eval error *** Symbol’s function definition is void: a
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-09 20:03 bug#24911: 25.1; Emacs hangs or crashes on use of read syntax for circular objects in IELM Gemini Lasswell
2016-11-10 16:30 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-11-10 17:02 ` Gemini Lasswell
2016-11-10 17:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-10 18:08 ` Gemini Lasswell
2016-11-10 18:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-10 19:25 ` Gemini Lasswell
2016-11-10 20:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
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