bug#57804: An infinite loop in a `fontify-region' function causes Emacs
From:
Paul Pogonyshev
Subject:
bug#57804: An infinite loop in a `fontify-region' function causes Emacs to hang indefinitely
Date:
Wed, 14 Sep 2022 19:25:09 +0200
> This case is exactly one of those which I think we shouldn't try to > fix, because it's the case of "buggy Lisp program", a.k.a. "don't do > that". There's no reason for any useful Lisp program to have an > infloop like this: > > > (while t > > "whoopsie")
It is no wonder that Emacs is in such a poor state with 2 out 3 responding developers failing to make _one_ mental step from "while t" to "this could be a 100-line loop that accidentally falls into infinite recursion". And even because of incompatible change in Emacs itself.
Just wish I didn't get accustomed to this pile of crap 20 years ago and just used a normal IDE like every smart person.