The js2-mode.el compilation error

Question

I am getting an error when I compile js2-mode.el using byte-compile-file command in emacs.

js2-mode.el:6778:21:Error: Lisp nesting exceeds `max-lisp-eval-depth'

How do I get rid of this?

Where did you get the file from? – legoscia Mar 14 '13 at 11:05 — legoscia, Mar 14 '13 at 11:05
https://github.com/emacsmirror/js2-mode – sudeepdino008 Mar 14 '13 at 15:08 — sudeepdino008, Mar 14 '13 at 15:08

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '13 at 12:37

You can try to increase max-lisp-eval-depth: it's usually large enough as it is, but byte-compilation can occasionally recurse fairly deep. So try M-: (setq max-lisp-eval-depth (* max-lisp-eval-depth 2)) RET. If that doesn't solve the problem, there might be some more serious issue, such as an infinite recursion.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 14 '13 at 18:28

This has been a common problem with byte-compile-file and some older versions of js2-mode. As far as I can tell, it's been fixed for a while now, and the repository at emacsmirror includes the fix.

See if you have an older version of js2-mode installed somewhere, and if it might be loaded during byte compilation.

The js2-mode.el compilation error

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