Re: print-circle and describe-variable

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:00:46 +0200
> > From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <address@hidden>
> > Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> >
> > > I can think of one: too late.
> > But we do believe that print-circle makes it possible to print out 
> > recursive structures, or? And we do not believe that it disturbs 
> > printing out non-recursive structures (except that it gets a bit 
> > slower), or?
> >
> > Could it make much harm then if we let describe-variable use it? And is 
> > it not a bug that Emacs hangs and eats all memory if you try to display 
> > a recursive structure with describe-variable?
>
> Lennart, there will always be ``one more bug''.  If we strive to
> release Emacs without bugs at all, we will never release!


I am disturbed by this particular bug, but of course recursive 
structures are not that common. However describe-variable is one of the 
few places where print-circle really makes a difference and where the 
chance that it disturbs something is quite small.