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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, johnw@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca,
	6991@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org
Subject: bug#6991: Please keep bytecode out of *Backtrace* buffers
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 18:21:47 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1cB8lX-0004ho-27@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM-tV-_iyD+yzX2bvwhbpmd8sHP28umB2OHFM4vJ6tK8va1NZA@mail.gmail.com> (message from Noam Postavsky on Sat, 26 Nov 2016 19:33:30 -0500)

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  > > Why not take the bytecode _entirely_ out of the backtrace buffer?
  > > Is it ever any use?

  > It can be disassembled, and may hold useful information that would
  > otherwise be missing.

That is no reason to put the bytecode in the backtrace by default.
We can make another way to get the bytecode when you really want that.

  > I think it might make sense to hide the bytecode with display
  > properties, but keep the text itself so that it's not lost when copied
  > to an email.

That might be a good approach.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-11-27 23:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-07  1:35 bug#6991: Please keep bytecode out of *Backtrace* buffers jidanni
2012-02-22  1:02 ` Glenn Morris
2012-02-22 16:43   ` Drew Adams
2012-02-22 17:01     ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-07-02 17:40       ` Drew Adams
2012-07-02 18:38         ` Stefan Monnier
2012-07-02 19:06           ` Drew Adams
2013-01-24 22:43             ` Drew Adams
     [not found]             ` <<FEE817DF5DCC41CD9156B414FF2088D1@us.oracle.com>
2013-08-07 22:25               ` Drew Adams
2016-02-26  6:41           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-26 14:11             ` Drew Adams
2016-02-27  0:52               ` John Wiegley
2016-02-27  1:49                 ` Drew Adams
2016-11-19  1:55                   ` npostavs
2016-11-19  2:37                     ` Drew Adams
2016-11-19  7:41                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-19 14:39                       ` npostavs
2016-11-19 15:07                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-19 15:20                           ` npostavs
2016-11-19 18:34                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-19 22:33                               ` npostavs
2016-11-20 15:46                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-22 18:07                                   ` Noam Postavsky
2016-11-22 18:52                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-22 21:07                                       ` Noam Postavsky
2016-11-23 16:05                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-26 17:18                                           ` npostavs
2016-11-26 18:54                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2017-02-12  2:26                                               ` npostavs
2017-05-28 14:58                                                 ` npostavs
2017-06-24 22:27                                                   ` npostavs
2017-06-25 19:11                                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2017-06-26  3:34                                                       ` npostavs
2017-06-26  4:02                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2017-06-26 12:50                                                           ` npostavs
2017-06-26 14:54                                                             ` Stefan Monnier
2017-06-27  3:56                                                               ` npostavs
2017-06-27 16:18                                                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-06-29 23:52                                                                   ` npostavs
2016-11-26 23:45                                             ` Richard Stallman
2016-11-27  0:33                                               ` Noam Postavsky
2016-11-27  3:34                                                 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-11-27  3:36                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-11-27 14:10                                                   ` Noam Postavsky
2016-11-27 23:21                                                 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2016-11-19 17:08                       ` Richard Stallman
2016-02-27  4:13                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-09-11 10:57 ` bug#6991: Rocky Bernstein
2017-09-11 14:28   ` bug#6991: Eli Zaretskii
2017-09-13  1:13     ` bug#6991: Rocky Bernstein

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