bug#9042: 24.0.50; (remq nil nil) freezes Emacs

[Bastien]

M-: (remq nil nil) RET

This freezes Emacs forever.  Better return nil?



In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.5)
 of 2011-07-04 on myhost
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11002000
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: fr_FR.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Org

Minor modes in effect:
  erc-services-mode: t
  erc-networks-mode: t
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  which-function-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t

Recent input:
n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n 
n n n n n n n n C-x C-s C-z n C-z k C-x C-s C-h f o 
r g - t a s <tab> o p <tab> r e e <tab> <backspace> 
<tab> <return> C-x o <tab> <return> C-x 1 C-e C-a C-x 
C-s <C-down> <up> C-e C-x C-s <f5> M-x e v <tab> b 
<tab> <return> <f5> C-z n C-x C-f <up> <return> C-x 
C-s C-c C-e j n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n C-g 
C-x C-s C-z n C-x C-f <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> C-g C-h f <up> <return> C-x o <tab> <return> 
C-x 1 M-x e v <tab> b <tab> <return> <C-down> <up> 
<C-right> <C-right> <C-left> <C-left> C-s C-w C-w C-w 
C-w C-s C-s C-s C-a C-x C-s <C-down> <up> C-e <f5> 
C-a C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-a <C-down> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <C-right> <C-left> C-s C-w C-w C-w C-w 
C-w C-a C-x C-s <C-up> <up> C-e <f5> C-x C-f <up> <return> 
C-x C-s C-c C-e j n n n n n C-g C-x C-s C-c C-e j n 
n n n n C-x C-s M-: ( r e m q SPC n i l SPC n i l ) 
<return> M-: ( r e m q SPC n i l SPC ' ( " a " SPC 
n i l ) ) <return> M-: <up> C-e <C-left> <C-left> <C-left> 
<C-right> M-d M-d C-d C-e C-a C-x C-s C-a C-x C-s <down> 
C-x C-s <C-up> <C-up> C-x C-s M-x r e p o r <tab> b 
u g <tab> <return>

Recent messages:

Result: nil

Quit
(No changes need to be saved)
Quit
("a")
edebug-signal: Command attempted to use minibuffer while in minibuffer
Quit
(No changes need to be saved) [3 times]


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