Another infinite loop (18.57): (mark-page) in *scratch* - Article 98505 - go-pugleaf

Article View: gnu.emacs.bug

Article #98505

Another infinite loop (18.57): (mark-page) in scratch

#98505

From: Martin Maechler
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 08:01

10 lines
1136 bytes

Go to the end of the *scratch* buffer, 
type   (mark-page) C-j
(which is NEWLINE) and emacs starts garbage collecting forever.
You can stop it by C-g  and then see what happened.

I am not sure that this is a real bug, you could argue the emacs-lisp
programmers shoulw know what they are doing ....

Martin Maechler, Bellcore 2M-343, 445 South St., Morristown, NJ 07962-1910, USA
maechler@bellcore.com, Tel: (201) 829-4837(w)  993-0944(h), Fax (201) 829-4391.

Technical Details

Message-ID: <9106281601.AA29563@crypto.bellcore.com>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!crypto.bellcore.com!maechler

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: fb2f1,9c0dda6ca29df3c5,start
X-Google-Attributes: gidfb2f1,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-06-28 23:38:47 PST
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!crypto.bellcore.com!maechler
From: maechler@crypto.bellcore.com (Martin Maechler)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
Subject: Another infinite loop (18.57): (mark-page) in *scratch*
Message-ID: <9106281601.AA29563@crypto.bellcore.com>
Date: 28 Jun 91 08:01:58 GMT
Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu
Reply-To: maechler@bellcore.com (Martin Maechler)
Distribution: gnu
Organization: GNUs Not Usenet
Lines: 10
Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu