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Setting reader parameter `read-cdot` to `#true` hangs Interactions

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Description

The following hangs ...

Welcome to DrRacket, version 7.7.0.2 [3m].
Language: racket, with debugging; memory limit: 2000 MB.
> (read-cdot #true)

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Research direction

Reproduce the hang in DrRacket 7.7.0.2 by evaluating (read-cdot #true) in the Racket language. Trace the reader-parameter handling to determine why evaluation does not return; done means the expression returns normally and the behavior is covered by a regression test.

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Issue type
Bug
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4/5
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