[debbugs-tracker] bug#16344: closed (24.3; xml-parse-region stuck on specific input, uses lots of memory)

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regarding 24.3; xml-parse-region stuck on specific input, uses lots of memory
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> 24.3; xml-parse-region stuck on specific input, uses lots of memory
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> Sat, 04 Jan 2014 18:39:30 -0500
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> Notmuch/0.16+156~gdb5189a (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
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> The function `xml-parse-region' is never returning from parsing this
> specific input. It's saturing a CPU core while using huge quantities of
> memory. Fortunately it can be aborted with C-g.
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>     (with-temp-buffer
>       (insert "<!----><x>< /x>")
>       (xml-parse-region))
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> The trigger is a comment followed by at least one opening tag followed
> by a stray less-than character. This is not valid XML due to that extra
> space in the closing tag, but I'm expecting `xml-parse-region' to signal
> an error in the case of invalid input rather than lock up Emacs.
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> Just for the sake of context, this issue was initially discovered here:
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> https://github.com/skeeto/elfeed/issues/17
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.91 (gnu/linux)
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> Fixed in branch emacs-25.
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> xml-parser will throw an error now.
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