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bug#2099: 23.0.60; `mark_object' with larger nested objects crashes Emac
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#2099: 23.0.60; `mark_object' with larger nested objects crashes Emacs |
Date: |
Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:16:38 +0200 |
> From: markus.triska@gmx.at
> Cc: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org>, 2099@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org
> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 20:10:26 +0100
>
> Marking this as "wontfix" seems particularly inapplicable to me: This
> shortcoming crashes Emacs and potentially causes data loss for users,
> not only in such an artificial test case but in other situations too.
> This shortcoming prevents my testing Emacs in many other ways that would
> help me to find and correct more shortcomings and make Emacs more robust.
Sorry, I don't understand: what testing? Can you describe the
real-life use case behind this bug report? The recipe as shown looks
like a deliberate way to cause Emacs to overflow its stack; surely,
that's not what you intended to test?