Re: 21.1.3: you-are-trapped-in-a-twisty-maze-of-cons-cells-all-alike
>>>> "Jan" == Jan Vroonhof
<vroonhof(a)math.ethz.ch> writes:
Jan> Adrian Aichner <aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com> writes:
> I'm not sure it's legal to run 21.2's test-harness
from 21.1.3.
Jan> Nobody is going to shoot for it if that is what you mean. However, by
Jan> its very nature the test-harness is likely to be populated largely which
Jan> cases that were fixed between 21.1 and 21.2
Of course.
> So you might want to lock me up, 'cause I just did it.
>
> The test of lisp-tests.el hangs.
Jan> I think Martin did a lot of fixes to the lisp functions checking for
Jan> infinite loops (mainly to be able to eliminate a lot QUIT checking).
Yup. It seems better to signal circular list errors, if possible,
than inflooping.
Martin