bug#38270: 26.1; ada-mode 6.2.1 Ada > Misc > Reset Parser appears useless

[Ludovic Brenta]

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Version: 26.1
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This is a followup to #37620.  One of my colleagues reports being
hit by it quite often (this is indeed the most annoying bug remaining
in ada-mode right now).  When this happens, he tries Ada > Misc >
Reset Parser but this does not help the situation.  Only M-x
wisi-kill-parser makes emacs responsive again.  Therefore, I suggest
replacing the menu entry with Ada > Misc > Kill Parser.

I'm not sure what "Reset Parser" is supposed to do anyway.

--
Ludovic Brenta.

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Maybe 'Restart Parser' ?
(kill parser looks too nasty).

For sure, we better have a 'please repair the parser' which works,
rather than having a (maybe microscopically) more efficient 'Reset parser'
that (at least in my case) does not work most of the time.

Philippe

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> Subject: bug#38270: 26.1; ada-mode 6.2.1 Ada > Misc > Reset Parser appears
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> Package: emacs, ada-mode
> Version: 26.1
> Severity: minor
>
> This is a followup to #37620.  One of my colleagues reports being
> hit by it quite often (this is indeed the most annoying bug remaining
> in ada-mode right now).  When this happens, he tries Ada > Misc >
> Reset Parser but this does not help the situation.  Only M-x
> wisi-kill-parser makes emacs responsive again.  Therefore, I suggest
> replacing the menu entry with Ada > Misc > Kill Parser.
>
> I'm not sure what "Reset Parser" is supposed to do anyway.
>
> --
> Ludovic Brenta.
>
>

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[Stephen Leake-3]

The menu entry "Reset Parser" runs wisi-reset-parser, which clears all
of the various caches associated with the parser. It is useful when an
elisp bug is causing problems.

wisi-kill-parser kills the parser process, which is useful when the
parser is taking too long due to a complex error, or for Ada bugs, and
then cleans up just two of the parse caches.

I'll change wisi-kill-parser to call wisi-reset-parser, so it handles
both elisp and Ada bugs, and change the menu entry to "Restart Parser"
and have it call wisi-kill-parser.

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-- Stephe