bug#46906: 28.0.50; byte compiler infloops trying to compile infloop

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On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 6:44 PM Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 10:16 AM Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> wrote:
> >> Maybe 'with-timeout' could help not to loop forever in tests?
> >
> > I don't think so, because it doesn't work for Lisp infloops.
> > (with-timeout (1 (error "foo")) (while t)) doesn't work here, at
> > least.
>
> Then maybe run a possibly infinite loop in a separate thread?

Or even as a separate process, maybe. That's what I'd like to do for
(apply nil)...

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