From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: 24449@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24449: Emacs 25.1 RC2: Byte compiler reports error in wrong place.
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 18:09:38 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83twdf51al.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160916133352.GC3630@acm.fritz.box> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:33:52 +0000)
> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:33:52 +0000
> Cc: 24449@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
>
> > If you didn't, you should, because after you do, you will never again
> > wonder why an incorrect line number is reported. In fact, now that I
> > did look there, I'm surprised it reports a correct line number at all,
> > let alone as often as it does. It's sheer luck.
>
> This is not a Good Thing. Even its own comment describes itself as a
> "gross hack". Surely we can do better?
I certainly hope we can. But, unless I misunderstood something, the
way it's designed makes that really hard.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-16 15:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-16 11:31 bug#24449: Emacs 25.1 RC2: Byte compiler reports error in wrong place Alan Mackenzie
2016-09-16 13:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-16 13:33 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-09-16 15:09 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-09-16 16:08 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-09-16 18:34 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-09-16 19:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-17 8:29 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-09-17 9:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-17 10:06 ` Andreas Schwab
2016-09-17 12:58 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-09-17 19:56 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-09-17 20:46 ` Alan Mackenzie
2016-09-17 20:51 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-09-17 20:59 ` Alan Mackenzie
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