From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Crash force-deleting the only frame Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:33:51 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87irhzopsv.fsf@cs.cmu.edu> <87lkmvp4pz.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87u01ji1ga.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1162398882 19981 80.91.229.2 (1 Nov 2006 16:34:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 16:34:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, Michael Welsh Duggan Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 01 17:34:37 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GfJ2g-0002S7-9O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:34:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GfJ2f-0006DQ-O5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:34:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GfJ2R-00066x-UG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:34:04 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GfJ2N-0005sO-41 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:34:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GfJ2M-0005s3-Qb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:33:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.135.220.2] (helo=mx1.suse.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GfJ2H-0002wO-Mb; Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:33:54 -0500 Original-Received: from Relay1.suse.de (mail2.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18EEBFE24; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 17:33:52 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Chong Yidong X-Yow: We place two copies of PEOPLE magazine in a DARK, HUMID mobile home. 45 minutes later CYNDI LAUPER emerges wearing a BIRD CAGE on her head! In-Reply-To: <87u01ji1ga.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:19:49 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:61556 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > Okay, I looked at this, and now I'm not sure there's any bug. If you > specify an --eval command-line arg that deletes the only frame, what > else could Emacs possibly do other than abort execution? IMHO there are two options: - refuse to delete the frame despite FORCE, - exit gracefully. > "Fatal error (6)Aborted" is an abort; it's not really a crash. An abort is still a crash (and you'll get a core dump when enabled). Andreas. --=20 Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstra=DFe 5, 90409 N=FCrnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint =3D 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED= 5 "And now for something completely different."