bug#6681: 23.2; "Save Error" from semantic

[Tom Tromey]

I have semantic enabled.  I saw this error in *Messages*:

Error Writing Table: #<semanticdb-table ctype.h>
Save Error: "\"Error in macro \\\"name\\\"\"": 
/home/tromey/.emacs.d/semanticdb/!usr!include!semantic.cache




In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1)
 of 2010-05-13 on x86-01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
Windowing system distributor `Fedora Project', version 11.0.10802000
configured using `configure  '--build=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 
'--host=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' 
'--disable-dependency-tracking' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' 
'--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' 
'--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib' 
'--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' 
'--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--with-dbus' 
'--with-gif' '--with-jpeg' '--with-png' '--with-rsvg' '--with-tiff' 
'--with-xft' '--with-xpm' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' 
'build_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 
'CFLAGS=-DMAIL_USE_LOCKF -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 
-fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i686 
-mtune=atom -fasynchronous-unwind-tables''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Group

Minor modes in effect:
  erc-list-mode: t
  erc-menu-mode: t
  erc-autojoin-mode: t
  erc-ring-mode: t
  erc-pcomplete-mode: t
  erc-track-mode: t
  erc-track-minor-mode: t
  erc-match-mode: t
  erc-button-mode: t
  erc-fill-mode: t
  erc-stamp-mode: t
  erc-netsplit-mode: t
  erc-spelling-mode: t
  erc-truncate-mode: t
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  gnus-undo-mode: t
  global-semanticdb-minor-mode: t
  global-semantic-idle-summary-mode: t
  semantic-mode: t
  erc-status-mode: t
  erc-services-mode: t
  erc-networks-mode: t
  erc-irccontrols-mode: t
  erc-noncommands-mode: t
  erc-move-to-prompt-mode: t
  erc-readonly-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-2> C-x 1 C-s s u p p r e s s 
C-s C-s C-a C-x b * s c r <tab> <return> M-b M-b M-d 
n i l C-e C-j C-c b C-s C-s C-s C-w C-s C-s C-s C-s 
C-s M-b C-h v <return> C-u C-n C-u C-n C-u C-n C-u 
C-n C-p C-p C-p C-x C-e C-u C-u C-p C-x k <return> 
C-c b M-x M-p <return> w a r n i n g - C-a C-k C-/ 
C-e s u p p M-/ C-a C-e r e s s - t y p e s SPC n o 
t SPC d e f i n e d <return> C-x 1 C-o <return> I S-SPC 
t r i e d SPC t o SPC M - x SPC r e p o r t - e m a 
c s - b u g SPC a n d SPC I SPC g o t SPC a n SPC e 
r r o r : <return> <return> C-x b * <tab> D <backspace> 
B <tab> a <tab> <return> C-x h M-w C-x o C-x b <return> 
C-y C-u C-SPC C-z o M-v M-v C-u C-u C-p C-u C-p C-u 
C-p C-u C-p C-n C-SPC C-e M-w C-z o C-p C-p C-e <backspace> 
: <return> <return> C-y C-f C-f C-o C-o H e r e SPC 
i s SPC t h e SPC b a c k t r a c e : C-a C-z o C-v 
C-v C-z o M-> C-r C-g M-{ M-{ M-v M-v C-v C-s w a r 
n C-r C-r C-a M-v <prior> <prior> M-v C-c C-c y e s 
<return> C-] C-c b M-x r e p o r t - e m <tab> <return> 
b <tab> <M-backspace> <tab> b <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Checking for load-path shadows...done
Making completion list... [2 times]
Mark set [6 times]
Quit
Mark saved where search started
Sending...
Sending via mail...
Sending...done
call-interactively: No recursive edit is in progress
Making completion list... [2 times]

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/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/sasl hides /usr/share/emacs/23.2/lisp/net/sasl
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hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dbusbind
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Tom