X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]
	["1646" "Mon" "29" "March" "93" "11:16:04" "+0200" "Rainer Schoepf" "schoepf@SC" nil "51" "Re: Bug in LaTeX." "^Date:" nil nil "3"])
Return-Path: <LATEX-L@vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de>
Received: from sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (mailserv) 
        by dagobert.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0/1.9.92 )
	id AA11935; Mon, 29 Mar 93 11:17:49 +0200
Received: from vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (vm.hd-net.uni-heidelberg.de) by sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0-sc/19.6.92)
	id AA13353; Mon, 29 Mar 93 11:17:46 +0200
Message-Id: <9303290917.AA13353@sc.zib-berlin.dbp.de>
Received: from DHDURZ1 by vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (IBM VM SMTP V2R2)
   with BSMTP id 0161; Mon, 29 Mar 93 11:17:42 CET
Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 0974;
 Mon, 29 Mar 93 11:17:31 CET
Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 0972;
 Mon, 29 Mar 93 11:17:29 CET
Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project <LATEX-L@vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de>
In-Reply-To:  <9303272220.AA12180@sc.zib-berlin.dbp.de>
Date:         Mon, 29 Mar 93 11:16:04 +0200
From: Rainer Schoepf <schoepf@SC>
Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project <LATEX-L@vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de>
To: Multiple Recipients of <LATEX-L@vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de>
Subject:      Re: Bug in LaTeX.
Status: R
X-Status: 
X-Keywords:                  
X-UID: 1020


Phil Taylor <CHAA006@VAX.RHBNC.AC.UK> writes:
 >
 > The following short LaTeX-2.09 file appears to demonstrate a bug in LaTeX,
 > which goes into an infinite loop; the significant part of the log file is
 > appended.  The problem was reported by Adrian Johnstone of the Department of
 > Computer Science at RHBNC.
 >
 > 					Philip Taylor, RHBNC
 > --------
 > \tracingall
 > \documentstyle {article}
 > \begin {document}
 > \tracingall
 > \begin {enumerate}
 > \section {foo}
 > \end {enumerate}
 > \end {document}

Thanks, Phil, for reporting this. I am glad to be able to announce
that we have already added an error check so that this error will be
caught in the next update:

This is TeX, C Version 3.141
(bug.tex
LaTeX Version 2.09 <21 December 1992>
(/silo/tex/inputs/latex.new/sty/article.sty
Standard Document Style `article' <14 Jan 92>.
(/silo/tex/inputs/latex.new/sty/art10.sty)) (bug.aux)
LaTeX error.  See LaTeX manual for explanation.
              Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
! Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.
\@latexerr ...for immediate help.}\errmessage {#1}

\par ... \ifnum \par@deathcycles >\@m \@noitemerr
                                                  {\@@par }\fi \else {\@@par...
<to be read again>
                   \vskip
\@xsect ... \@tempskipa >\z@ \par \nobreak \vskip
                                                  \@tempskipa \@afterheading...
l.5 \section {foo}



   Rainer Schoepf
   Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum
    fuer Informationstechnik Berlin
   Heilbronner Strasse 10
   W-1000 Berlin 31
   Federal Republic of Germany
   <Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de> or <Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.dbp.de>