Re: [External] : `max-specpdl-size' and `max-lisp-eval-depth'

[Emanuel Berg]

Drew Adams wrote:

>> I noticed the following messages triggered frequently by
>> Emacs:
>> 
>> File mode specification error: (error Variable binding
>> depth exceeds max-specpdl-size) Emacs: nesting exceeds
>> `max-lisp-eval-depth'
>> 
>> Any hints/suggestions or rule of thumb to set
>> these variables?
>
> You generally shouldn't need to change them. You're likely
> coding an infinite recursion, so the stack overflows.
> Check your code - or narrow the problem down to some bit of
> code and post it here, if you can't see how/why you've cause
> an infinite recursion.

Or google "recursion"...

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