bug#2866: 23.0.91; "(princ (category-table) (current-buffer))" causes emacs to hang

[Kenichi Handa]

In article <address@hidden>, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>>> evaluating:
>>> (princ (category-table) (current-buffer))
>>> Causes emacs to hang.

>>> Whether this is a useful way to examine the category-table is another
>>> question entirely :P

> > It doesn't hang Emacs for me but takes long time in
> > redisplay.  It's because of the extremely long line.

> > If it is ok to terminate lines within the printing of a
> > object, something like this change will speed up the
> > redisplay.

> Looks like a good quick-fix.

I've just installed it.

> Better of course would be to speed up the (re)display of
> long lines.

Sure.

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Kenichi Handa
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