Re: Emacs Remote Python Interpreters

[Michael Albinus]

Matt McClure <matthewlmcclure@gmail.com> writes:

> Michael,

Hi Matt,

> When I try python-send-buffer in the 6/7 nightly build, I get:
>
>     Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Variable binding depth
> exceeds max-specpdl-size")
>
> Is that the failure mode that motivated the comment in python.el prior
> to your change?
>
>     ;; `make-temp-file' would be the natural choice for
>     ;; implementation.  But it calls `write-region' internally,
>     ;; which also needs a temporary file - we would end in an
>     ;; infinite loop.

Nope, that has nothing to do with. Looks like my change (making
temporary-file-directory remote) has undesired side effects.

Well, a clean solution would be to give make-temp-file a file name
handler in Tramp. I'll ask on emacs-devel about, and let you know when
implemented.

Best regards, Michael.