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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.3.701
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.3.701
+Problem:    MS-Windows: Crash with stack overflow when setting 'encoding'.
+Solution:   Handle that loading the iconv library may be called recursively.
+            (Jiri Sedlak)
+Files:      src/os_win32.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.3.700/src/os_win32.c	2012-08-02 12:31:40.000000000 +0200
+--- src/os_win32.c	2012-10-21 02:35:21.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 288,305 ****
+  vimLoadLib(char *name)
+  {
+      HINSTANCE dll = NULL;
+!     char old_dir[MAXPATHL];
+  
+      if (exe_path == NULL)
+  	get_exe_name();
+!     if (exe_path != NULL && mch_dirname(old_dir, MAXPATHL) == OK)
+      {
+  	/* Change directory to where the executable is, both to make sure we
+  	 * find a .dll there and to avoid looking for a .dll in the current
+  	 * directory. */
+! 	mch_chdir(exe_path);
+  	dll = LoadLibrary(name);
+- 	mch_chdir(old_dir);
+      }
+      return dll;
+  }
+--- 288,313 ----
+  vimLoadLib(char *name)
+  {
+      HINSTANCE dll = NULL;
+!     TCHAR old_dir[MAXPATHL];
+  
++     /* NOTE: Do not use mch_dirname() and mch_chdir() here, they may call
++      * vimLoadLib() recursively, which causes a stack overflow. */
+      if (exe_path == NULL)
+  	get_exe_name();
+!     if (exe_path != NULL && GetCurrentDirectory(MAXPATHL, old_dir) != 0)
+      {
+  	/* Change directory to where the executable is, both to make sure we
+  	 * find a .dll there and to avoid looking for a .dll in the current
+  	 * directory. */
+! 	SetCurrentDirectory(exe_path);
+! 	dll = LoadLibrary(name);
+! 	SetCurrentDirectory(old_dir);
+!     }
+!     else
+!     {
+! 	/* We are not able to change directory to where the executable is, try
+! 	 * to load library anyway. */
+  	dll = LoadLibrary(name);
+      }
+      return dll;
+  }
+*** ../vim-7.3.700/src/version.c	2012-10-21 02:17:28.000000000 +0200
+--- src/version.c	2012-10-21 02:35:48.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 721,722 ****
+--- 721,724 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     701,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+BEDEVERE: And that, my lord, is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped.
+                 "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD
+
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