diff src/print.c @ 67638:5c55209169fc

2005-12-17 Chong Yidong <[e-mail]> * print.c (print_preprocess): Just signal an error if print_depth is exceeded.

--- a/src/print.c	Sat Dec 17 15:51:00 2005 +0000
+++ b/src/print.c	Sat Dec 17 15:55:29 2005 +0000
@@ -1313,14 +1313,8 @@
 
   /* Give up if we go so deep that print_object will get an error.  */
   /* See similar code in print_object.  */
-  /* Because print_preprocess "follows" nested lists in a slightly
-     different order from print_object, there is a risk of giving up
-     too soon.  In that case, a deeply nested circular list may cause
-     print_object to loop.  Using 3 * PRINT_CIRCLE should make this
-     possibility negligible, but at some point someone will have to
-     sit down and do a more careful analysis. -- cyd */
-  if (print_depth >= 3 * PRINT_CIRCLE)
-    return;
+  if (print_depth >= PRINT_CIRCLE)
+    error ("Apparently circular structure being printed");
 
   /* Avoid infinite recursion for circular nested structure
      in the case where Vprint_circle is nil.  */