From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alexis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22117: 25.1.50; eww: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 19:05:22 +1100 Message-ID: <87egewqc71.fsf@gmail.com> References: <86twnt8g5u.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1449698663 17806 80.91.229.3 (9 Dec 2015 22:04:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 22:04:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22117@debbugs.gnu.org To: Vaidheeswaran C Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 09 23:04:11 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1a6mqI-0007i4-Cp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2015 23:04:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38013 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a6mqH-00009P-EE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:04:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49559) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a6mqD-00007H-Qk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:04:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a6mqA-0005AZ-MY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:04:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:55171) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a6mqA-0005AV-JR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:04:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1a6mqA-0003P3-Cr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:04:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Alexis Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 22:04:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22117 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22117-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22117.144969860913040 (code B ref 22117); Wed, 09 Dec 2015 22:04:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22117) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Dec 2015 22:03:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38198 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1a6mpd-0003OG-7M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:03:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pa0-f42.google.com ([209.85.220.42]:36686) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1a6mpb-0003O3-4O for 22117@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:03:27 -0500 Original-Received: by pacdm15 with SMTP id dm15so36199787pac.3 for <22117@debbugs.gnu.org>; Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:03:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=references:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id :mime-version:content-type; bh=Z1BaGs+nBKSzsCPevNDZLSTH2glkqhTJBQiWIs8b8x0=; b=FeSzW+c4p2DgUbXm+GymJ02wdYho7HRWWbVgL7pNCJisculelAeiuqJACg3cogMb7G +xH/ylwqY1RMqgv00Sb6P2tQ4fcOvd4eXynCLjj+sJtA3IuRKoaQzGjVByhttWxN1aEd cj9qpSJFFPJhMgjk36KicXXYmOOkvKXA5NNRGi4CSRDNAMlsrD5wMPQQrdlYDQrmUWfa xalaSiPrwEsdN7pVxoA+UDn401YKCTF3ahBNRgqGpL5vacCOy80aWKQqPlxoxyGjPekT lvgZmai449MCl4kctlS1gBWFxWgrvUegWXi0ouxawPY9bNqczO85dIobppCvM1e/GYEM YU3w== X-Received: by 10.66.234.8 with SMTP id ua8mr6063069pac.45.1449648327965; Wed, 09 Dec 2015 00:05:27 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from localhost (ppp118-209-101-190.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net. [118.209.101.190]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 2sm9453954pfh.22.2015.12.09.00.05.25 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 09 Dec 2015 00:05:26 -0800 (PST) In-reply-to: <86twnt8g5u.fsf@gmail.com> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:109817 Archived-At: Vaidheeswaran C writes: > M-x eww > http://www.projectmadurai.org/pm_etexts/utf8/pmuni0003_01.html > > Contacting host: www.projectmadurai.org:80 error in process > filter: shr-descend: Variable binding depth exceeds > max-specpdl-size error in process filter: Variable binding depth > exceeds max-specpdl-size The W3 markup validator service reports 104 errors in the markup of that page: https://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectmadurai.org%2Fpm_etexts%2Futf8%2Fpmuni0003_01.html&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=HTML+3.2&group=0 Looking at the markup, some issues that i'm guessing might contribute to the above error are: * Two opening `body' tags on lines 14 and 15, without any accompanying closing `/body' tags; * An opening `dd' on line 44, without any accompanying closing `/dd' tag. As i understand it, major browsers like Firefox and Chrom(e|ium) need substantial amounts of code to (relatively) gracefully handle malformed HTML; someone familiar with `shr.el' might like to comment on the cost/benefit ratio of writing code to handle the malformed HTML in this instance. Alexis.