Re: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

[Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com>]

Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> writes:

>>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>:
>
>>>>>> Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com>:
>>> How are you at debugging lisp? 
>
>> Not very accomplished.
> [snip!]
>> Where do I go from here?  What do I look for?
>
> In lack of any better idea (it doesn't look much like the C/C++
> debuggers I'm used to), I've stepped through forms with `d'.
>
> But I still don't really know what I'm supposed to be looking for.

What we're trying to figure out is why the (gnus-get-function
gnus-command-method 'request-type) form in nnagent-request-type is
returning nnagent-request-type when it should be returning
nnimap-request-type.

I can give you some hints but, since this is largely driven by your
configuration, I can not actually test it for you.

* gnus-get-function will, if gnus-agent is set (which you indicated it
  is), call gnus-agent-get-function.
* gnus-agent-get-function calls gnus-online to see if the current
  method is online.  If it is, gnus-agent-get-function will return the
  method (in your case nnimap) otherwise it returns nnagent.
* gnus-online looks up the current method in gnus-opened-servers to
  determine whether the method has any status other than offline.
  That appears to be where you are having trouble.

Kevin