From: Michael <sp1ff@runbox.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 51037@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#51037: [PATCH] Make `print-level` & `print-length` customizable in ERT batch tests
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 06:52:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86ily2mjtq.fsf@runbox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87czogslm4.fsf@gnus.org>
> If you have very long structures, a simple backtrace can take
> many
> screenfuls, which isn't what most people want or expect.
>
>> OK, but I was thinking about a more general problem, not just
>> about
>> ERT. The backtraces displayed in batch-mode are truncated too
>> early,
>> and that makes them useless many times.
>
> That's true. Programmers that need to debug these things should
> have an
> easy way to get complete backtraces, but I don't think users
> should be
> presented with them. So perhaps we should just introduce a new
> switch,
> like --complete-backtraces (or something) that would do the
> right thing
> both in general and in ert.
Sorry to chime-in late, but my patch does _not_ affect the
printing of backtraces, just results. That said, I do agree with
Eli about the truncated backtraces often being useless; what do
you think of another variable controlling
that... `ert-batch-full-backtraces` or something?
--
Michael <sp1ff@runbox.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-12 13:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-05 14:28 bug#51037: [PATCH] Make `print-level` & `print-length` customizable in ERT batch tests Michael
2021-10-06 9:30 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-06 12:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-07 7:59 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-07 8:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-10-07 19:03 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-12 13:52 ` Michael [this message]
2021-10-13 11:07 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-13 13:41 ` Michael
2021-10-13 14:06 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-24 19:50 ` Michael
2021-10-25 13:03 ` Gemini Lasswell
2021-10-26 21:02 ` Michael
2021-10-27 13:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-25 13:05 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-26 21:10 ` Michael
2021-10-27 13:15 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-14 2:55 ` Michael
2021-11-14 7:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-14 15:42 ` Michael
2021-11-14 18:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-15 23:11 ` Michael
2021-11-14 14:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-14 14:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-14 17:45 ` Michael
2021-11-14 17:50 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-15 23:32 ` Michael
2021-11-16 7:48 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-17 16:22 ` Filipp Gunbin
2021-11-18 9:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-18 13:51 ` Filipp Gunbin
2021-11-19 15:24 ` Michael
2021-11-19 18:46 ` Filipp Gunbin
2021-11-20 16:49 ` Michael
2021-11-20 22:19 ` Filipp Gunbin
2021-11-22 14:07 ` Michael
2021-11-22 17:29 ` Filipp Gunbin
2021-11-24 16:29 ` Michael
2021-11-24 19:53 ` Filipp Gunbin
2021-11-29 16:16 ` Michael
2021-10-07 21:04 ` Andy Moreton
2021-10-07 22:04 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-08 13:49 ` Andy Moreton
2021-10-08 15:24 ` Michael
2021-10-09 11:19 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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