Revert last change.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 97c51956cf7..d3fb40197b3 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-2005-12-17  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
-
-        * print.c (print_preprocess): Just signal an error if print_depth
-        is exceeded.
-
 2005-12-17  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         * .gdbinit: Set a breakpoint on w32_abort.
diff --git a/src/print.c b/src/print.c
index 20c359f9b69..ed6b402763a 100644
--- a/src/print.c
+++ b/src/print.c
@@ -1313,8 +1313,14 @@ print_preprocess (obj)
 
   /* Give up if we go so deep that print_object will get an error.  */
   /* See similar code in print_object.  */
-  if (print_depth >= PRINT_CIRCLE)
-    error ("Apparently circular structure being printed");
+  /* 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;
 
   /* Avoid infinite recursion for circular nested structure
      in the case where Vprint_circle is nil.  */