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bug#57804: An infinite loop in a `fontify-region' function causes Emacs
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#57804: An infinite loop in a `fontify-region' function causes Emacs to hang indefinitely |
Date: |
Wed, 14 Sep 2022 20:51:43 +0300 |
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Cc: pogonyshev@gmail.com, 57804@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 19:46:15 +0200
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > While testing my code? sure. But after testing, no, the loops are
> > generally gone.
>
> Of course. This is a real problem while developing font locking methods
> (and usually not afterwards).
While testing, I usually run Emacs under a debugger, where I always
can interrupt any loop, including in font-lock.
I think it is also possible without a debugger -- if you bind
'sigusr2' to some useful function.
- bug#57804: An infinite loop in a `fontify-region' function causes Emacs to hang indefinitely, (continued)