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30.1; xml-mode enters infinite loop when saving with unclosed XML comment

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From: TANIKAWAKoji <kojie.yk <at> icloud.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 30.1; xml-mode enters infinite loop when saving with unclosed XML 
 comment
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:49:25 +0900

To reproduce:

1. emacs -Q
2. Open a new buffer and enter: <!--
3. Set mode to xml-mode: M-x xml-mode
4. Save buffer: C-x C-s

Expected: Save succeeds, or a warning about unclosed comment.

Actual: Emacs enters an infinite loop or hangs. Requires external termination.

Notes:
- Adding --> afterwards doesn't clear the loop unless syntax-propertize is run manually.
- Occurs reliably in xml-mode, not in nxml-mode.
- Possibly related to scan-sexps or syntax-propertize caching.

System:
- Emacs 29.x on macOS (Apple Silicon)
- Reproducible: 100%





In GNU Emacs 30.1 (build 1, aarch64-apple-darwin21.6.0, NS
appkit-2113.65 Version 12.7.6 (Build 21H1320)) of 2025-02-24 built on
armbob.lan
Windowing system distributor 'Apple', version 10.3.2575
System Description:  macOS 15.3.1

Configured using:
'configure --with-ns '--enable-locallisppath=/Library/Application
Support/Emacs/${version}/site-lisp:/Library/Application
Support/Emacs/site-lisp' --with-modules 'CFLAGS=-DFD_SETSIZE=10000
-DDARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT' --with-x-toolkit=no'

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RSVG SQLITE3 THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER WEBP XIM ZLIB

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  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: nXML

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  auto-composition-mode: t
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/Users/kojie/.emacs.d/elpa/which-key-20240620.2145/which-key hides /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/which-key
/Users/kojie/.emacs.d/elpa/transient-20250205.2244/transient hides /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/transient

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Message #8 received at 77704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: TANIKAWAKoji <kojie.yk <at> icloud.com>
Cc: 77704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77704: 30.1;
 xml-mode enters infinite loop when saving with unclosed XML  comment
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 13:34:56 +0300

> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:49:25 +0900
> From:  TANIKAWAKoji via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> 
> To reproduce:
> 
> 1. emacs -Q
> 2. Open a new buffer and enter: <!--
> 3. Set mode to xml-mode: M-x xml-mode
> 4. Save buffer: C-x C-s
> 
> Expected: Save succeeds, or a warning about unclosed comment.
> 
> Actual: Emacs enters an infinite loop or hangs. Requires external termination.

I cannot reproduce this, neither with the stock Emacs 29.1 nor with
later versions.  Are you sure you are using xml-mode from Emacs?  In
Emacs 29.1, xml-mode is just an alias for nxml-mode.

Maybe this is macOS specific?

Message #11 received at 77704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: kojie.yk <at> icloud.com
Cc: 77704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77704: 30.1;
 xml-mode enters infinite loop when saving with unclosed XML  comment
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 14:32:24 +0300

Ping!  Can someone try reproducing this?

> Cc: 77704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 13:34:56 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> > Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:49:25 +0900
> > From:  TANIKAWAKoji via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> >  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> > 
> > 
> > To reproduce:
> > 
> > 1. emacs -Q
> > 2. Open a new buffer and enter: <!--
> > 3. Set mode to xml-mode: M-x xml-mode
> > 4. Save buffer: C-x C-s
> > 
> > Expected: Save succeeds, or a warning about unclosed comment.
> > 
> > Actual: Emacs enters an infinite loop or hangs. Requires external termination.
> 
> I cannot reproduce this, neither with the stock Emacs 29.1 nor with
> later versions.  Are you sure you are using xml-mode from Emacs?  In
> Emacs 29.1, xml-mode is just an alias for nxml-mode.
> 
> Maybe this is macOS specific?
> 
> 
> 
> 

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