Re: Emacs (HEAD) crash on M$ (XP) built with MinGW

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:25:38 +0530
> From: dhruva <address@hidden>
> Cc: "Eli Zaretskii" <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> 
> > FWIW, I cannot reproduce it either.
> >
> >> If the fix is safe (defensive), IMHO we could get that in as I
> >> continue to debug by adding some extra code in the 'if' block.
> >
> > IMO is best to let it stand, or even add an assertion; the best way to
> > catch it is by having it happen.

I completely agree with Juanma: your ``defensive'' fix will simply
sweep the problem under the carpet, and it won't get fixed for a long
time, considering that no one can currently reproduce it except
yourself.

> Could we just log the required extra information for further debugging
> when that happens? Allowing it to crash is a serious inconvenience
> (especially  for me since I use the code from HEAD for my regular
> work)

Then please help us debug and fix this ASAP.  TIA