Re: recursive load case in openp

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>]

On 7 Apr 2002, Colin Walters wrote:

> What seems to be happening is that openp eventually calls
> encode_coding_string, which eventually calls temp_output_buffer_setup,
> which then runs the hook variable `temp-buffer-setup-hook', whose value
> defaults to the single symbol `help-mode-setup'.  Therefore, since
> help-mode is autoloaded, emacs will attempt to load it, and enter Fload,
> and therefore reenter openp, try to load help-mode again...
> 
> The following patch fixes the problem on my system; Does anyone have any
> objections to fixing the problem in this way?

I'd like to find a solution that doesn't prevent legitimate hooks from 
running.  The problem my change introduced is very specific, so I think 
we should try to find a solution that prevents this specific scenario 
from screwing up Emacs.

I will try to find such a solution.  Thanks for reporting the problem and 
its analysis.