bug#57911: Abolish max-specpdl-size

[Stefan Monnier]

Mattias Engdegård [2022-09-19 11:35:24] wrote:
> diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
> index d7cdc28abb..0e8cb2fcd6 100644
> --- a/lisp/subr.el
> +++ b/lisp/subr.el
> @@ -376,6 +376,13 @@ ignore-error
>
>  ;;;; Basic Lisp functions.
>  
> +(defvar max-specpdl-size 2500
> +  "Former limit on specbindings, now without effect.
> +This variable used to limit the size of the specpdl stack which,
> +among other things, held dynamic variable bindings and `unwind-protect'
> +activations.  To prevent runaway recursion, use `max-lisp-eval-lisp-depth'
> +instead; it will indirectly limit the specpdl stack size as well.")
> +
>  (defvar gensym-counter 0
>    "Number used to construct the name of the next symbol created by 
> `gensym'.")

Please mark it as obsolete as well.


        Stefan