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Re: master 7e3a95d: Add way to prevent asking "increase specpdl size?"


From: Robert Pluim
Subject: Re: master 7e3a95d: Add way to prevent asking "increase specpdl size?"
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 10:41:53 +0200

>>>>> On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 22:33:21 -0400 (EDT), rms@gnu.org (Richard M. 
>>>>> Stallman) said:

    rms> branch: master
    rms> commit 7e3a95d8fd0ced4a75edea7b14b3038b1997d516
    rms> Author: Richard M Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
    rms> Commit: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>

    rms>     Add way to prevent asking "increase specpdl size?"
    
    rms>     * net/shr.el (shr-offer-extend-specpdl): New option, default t.
    rms>     (shr-descend): If shr-offer-extend-specpdl is nil, don't even ask
    rms>     whether to extend the specpdl, just signal error.

I think this is the wrong default, it enables a denial-of-service
attack on emacs that didnʼt exist before.

Robert
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