2005-12-17 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>

	* print.c (print_preprocess): Just signal an error if print_depth
	is exceeded.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/print.c b/src/print.c
index ed6b402763a..20c359f9b69 100644
--- a/src/print.c
+++ b/src/print.c
@@ -1313,14 +1313,8 @@ print_preprocess (obj)
 
   /* 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.  */