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From: | Herbert Euler |
Subject: | Re: Max-specpdl-size Bug in Emacs Lisp Interpreter? |
Date: | Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:11:13 +0800 |
From: Luc Teirlinck <address@hidden> To: address@hidden CC: address@hidden, address@hidden Subject: Re: Max-specpdl-size Bug in Emacs Lisp Interpreter? Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:03:25 -0500 (CDT) Guanpeng Xu wrote: I agree. I think it would be better if this information appears not only in elisp manual, but also in docstring of 'max-specpdl-size' as well, if the increment cannot be avoided. I now see that with "this information" you meant that entry to the Lisp debugger increases the value. It would do no harm to mention this it the docstring. However, I believe that the current docstring already makes clear that `max-specpdl-size' is no hard limit.
If you mean "However, if you increase it too far, Emacs could run out of memory trying to make the stack bigger." make "no hard limit" clear, I don't agree. Who will know what the connection between 'max-specpdl-size' and stack is without reading source and/or without reading elisp manual? Perhaps even reading elisp manual is insufficient. Regards, Guanpeng Xu _________________________________________________________________Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
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