Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. M-x byte-compile-file

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
js2-20080424.el

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mixan...@gmail.com on 2 May 2008 at 4:42

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I am using GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9) of 
2008-04-28.

Original comment by mixan...@gmail.com on 2 May 2008 at 4:43

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Same here:
js2-mode.el:6805:24:Error: Lisp nesting exceeds `max-lisp-eval-depth'
Using:
js2-20080521.el

I'm on:
GNU Emacs 23.0.60.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0) of 
2008-03-17

I tried to increase max-specpdl-size to 8000, but to no avail.

Original comment by troel...@gmail.com on 26 May 2008 at 8:24

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I have the same problem:
js2.el:7037:24:Error: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9)

js2-20080616a.el

Original comment by dengp...@gmail.com on 17 Jun 2008 at 11:10

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I'm using "GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)", specifically
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EmacsW32
and http://js2-mode.googlecode.com/files/js2-20080616a.el
and I get this same error when trying to byte-compile-file

Original comment by shae.eri...@gmail.com on 30 Jun 2008 at 7:55

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GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1, js2-mode 2008 06 16. Successfully byte-compiled it by 
increasing
max-specpdl-size (M-x customize-option).

Original comment by donatas....@gmail.com on 10 Jul 2008 at 7:06

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donatas, how high did you raise max-specpdl-size? I'm at 50000, still failing. 
Also
had to raise max-lisp-eval-depth, which is also at 50000 and failing.

Original comment by akgo...@gmail.com on 22 Aug 2008 at 2:33

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Folks, I was able to compile successfully from the command line:

shell> emacs --batch --eval '(byte-compile-file "js2-20080616a.el")'

I'm running Emacs 23.0.60.1

Original comment by gopal...@gmail.com on 19 Sep 2008 at 8:25

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Same grief here, GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (EmacsW32, "GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1
(i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2008-09-09 on LENNART-69DE564 (patched)").  Changing
max-specpdl-size up to 5000 does not help at all.

Original comment by cees...@gmail.com on 29 Sep 2008 at 7:45

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Same problem here, on " GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2008-09-09 on LENNART-69DE564 (patched)"
js2-mode.el:7037:24:Error: Lisp nesting exceeds `max-lisp-eval-depth

Original comment by norl...@gmail.com on 26 Nov 2008 at 4:43

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I was also able to compile successfully from the command line:

emacs --batch --eval '(byte-compile-file "js2-20080616a.el")'

running 23.0.60.1

Original comment by bbwhar...@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2009 at 3:39

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I was unable to compile from the command line, so tried increasing 
max-specpdl-size
and max-lisp-eval-depth. At one point, raising one of them to 100,000 caused 
Emacs to
crash (the previous value of 50,000 was still not enough). Which was it? Since 
it
crashed, I'm not sure -- but I think max-specpdl-size was 100,000 and
max-lisp-eval-depth was 50,000

Then, I relaunched Emacs, and attempted to byte-compile again (from w/in dired).
Worked fine.

values appear to be launch defaults of 1000 and 400.

GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2008-08-19 on LENNART-69DE564 
(patched)

Original comment by xraysmalevich on 23 Feb 2009 at 9:59

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@xraysmalevich thanks, setting max-specpdl-size to 100,000 and 
max-lisp-eval-depth to 
50,000 worked exactly as advertised -- including Emacs crashing after I set the 
values but then being able to byte-compile js2.el once restarted.  Fwiw, I'm 
using 
EmacsW32 on Windows XP.

Original comment by blinkdog@gmail.com on 15 Apr 2009 at 9:34

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I don't know how to fix this.  I can't reproduce it using emacs-snapshot-gtk -q 
(GNU
Emacs 23.0.60.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9) of 2008-03-19 on 
yellow,
modified by Debian).

I'm not going to take action, since I'm about to check it into the emacs cvs 
sources
to be part of Emacs 23.2.

Original comment by steve.ye...@gmail.com on 23 Jul 2009 at 11:45

• Changed state: WontFix

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I was able to reproduce this problem in version 23.1.50.1 on OSX.

If you do the byte-compile from a clean emacs (-q), the byte compile should 
succeed.  The problem seems to 
happen if you try byte-compiling after you have loaded js2-mode.

Batch compilation is much faster, and should also succeed.  You'll want to pass 
-q as well:

`emacs -q --batch --eval '(byte-compile-file "js2-xxxx.el")'`

Leaving the issue open so people can see the fix here.

Original comment by steve.ye...@gmail.com on 27 Jul 2009 at 7:24

• Changed state: Accepted

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I ran byte-compile after I had included the load path for js2.el in my .emacs. I
commented out that load path. I restarted emacs. Ran the byte compile and got 
no error.

Original comment by zhan...@gmail.com on 19 Nov 2009 at 3:31

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I'm on Win XP, GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)

Original comment by zhan...@gmail.com on 19 Nov 2009 at 3:43

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I can confirm that leaving the directory that contains js2-mode out of the load 
path
will bypass this issue.  The dir can be added back after successful 
byte-compiling.

Emacs 23.1, Mac OS X 10.5.8

Original comment by marco.ro...@gmail.com on 30 Jan 2010 at 6:24

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I also can confirm issue with load path. Please add it to installation 
instructions.

Original comment by vitaly.o...@gmail.com on 1 Feb 2010 at 11:05

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What exactly worked for me when I got the mixup was:

M-x unload-feature RET js2-mode RET
M-x byte-compile-file RET <the file> RET

Emacs 23.1.1, Debian AMD64

Original comment by mitk...@gmail.com on 17 Feb 2010 at 1:02

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Comment 11 by xraysmalevich is right

Original comment by anubisk...@gmail.com on 6 Mar 2010 at 7:00

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Hi i ran `emacs -q --batch --eval '(byte-compile-file "js2-xxxx.el")'`, after i 
try
to load js2.el and tell that i need to compile, restart emacs try to compile 
and give
the error: 

js2.el:7309:24:Error: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

Original comment by ovnicr...@gmail.com on 23 Mar 2010 at 4:18

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Just saying I followed these instructions without fail:

M-x set-variable RET max-specpdl-size RET 100000
M-x set-variable RET max-lisp-eval-depth RET 50000
M-x byte-compile-file js2.el

(emacs32 on windows xp)

Original comment by toml...@gmail.com on 28 May 2010 at 11:55

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It seems that trying to byte-compile it from running Emacs crashes it (or gives 
error) but running --batch --eval help.

Emacs 23.1.1 on Gentoo.

How is js2-treeify supposed to work anyway, I wonder, given that's a recursive 
macro?..

Original comment by tw33dl3....@gmail.com on 13 Oct 2010 at 10:07

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I got this to work by adding the line:

(byte-compile-file "/path/to/js2.el")

at the top of my .emacs file (emacs init file)

In my case:

(byte-compile-file "c:/emacs-23.3-bin-i386/emacs-23.3/lisp/js2.el")

Original comment by john.fre...@gmail.com on 30 Nov 2011 at 8:07

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I believe this issue has nothing to do with max-specpdl-size ...

In your emacs source tree, run this:

sudo chown -R d:d . ; sudo chmod -R a+rX .
make -j5
sudo make install
emacs

My problem immediately went away.  The problem has something to do with file 
ownerships or permissions.

Perhaps the build should have a step which verifies ownerships and permissions 
before compiling?

Original comment by dortmann...@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2011 at 11:08

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Of course, use your own username instead of mine which is "d" on my machines)!

Original comment by dortmann...@gmail.com on 17 Dec 2011 at 11:14