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Entering "'s" in the gnuplot buffer triggers a memory leak. #95

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Entering "'s" in the gnuplot buffer triggers a memory leak.#95

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@kickingvegas
kickingvegas
opened on Jun 16, 2025

Description

Entering 's in the gnuplot repl will trigger a memory leak.

Environment

GNU Emacs 30.1 (build 2, aarch64-apple-darwin24.3.0, NS appkit-2575.40 Version 15.3.1 (Build 24D70)) of 2025-02-27
Package: gnuplot 20250613.1223

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Run M-x run-gnuplot
  2. Enter test's in the repl prompt.

Expected Result

  1. Nothing happens.

Actual Result

  1. Emacs is wedged and an external force quit is required.

Activity

  1. minad commented on Jun 17, 2025

    @minad
    minad
    on Jun 17, 2025
    Member

    I can reproduce this. It seems that there is a bug in the Gnuplot context parser as can be seen when running the profiler, see gnuplot-context--tokenize. I can interrupt the computation however by pressing C-g. Patches and help would be welcome!

  2. emacs-gnuplot
    locked and limited conversation to collaborators on May 17, 2026
  3. minad
    converted this issue into a discussion #96 on May 17, 2026
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