From 67886bab1eb0599ec724192a4298c980e6107f2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karroffel <therzog@mail.de>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 18:51:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixed a bug where saving a GDScript file crashed the editor

I changed the loop in #8502, turns out it fixed the error I was facing but introduced a new one. This fixes both
---
 modules/gdscript/gd_script.cpp | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gd_script.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gd_script.cpp
index fe20a842cf0..173014b138a 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gd_script.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gd_script.cpp
@@ -1696,9 +1696,9 @@ void GDScriptLanguage::reload_tool_script(const Ref<Script> &p_script, bool p_so
 //same thing for placeholders
 #ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
 
-			for (Set<PlaceHolderScriptInstance *>::Element *P = E->get()->placeholders.front(); P; P = P->next()) {
+			while (E->get()->placeholders.size()) {
+				Object *obj = E->get()->placeholders.front()->get()->get_owner();
 
-				Object *obj = P->get()->get_owner();
 				//save instance info
 				List<Pair<StringName, Variant> > state;
 				if (obj->get_script_instance()) {
@@ -1706,6 +1706,9 @@ void GDScriptLanguage::reload_tool_script(const Ref<Script> &p_script, bool p_so
 					obj->get_script_instance()->get_property_state(state);
 					map[obj->get_instance_ID()] = state;
 					obj->set_script(RefPtr());
+				} else {
+					// no instance found. Let's remove it so we don't loop forever
+					E->get()->placeholders.erase(E->get()->placeholders.front()->get());
 				}
 			}
 #endif