From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 41988@debbugs.gnu.org, Philipp <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#41988: 28.0.50; Edebug unconditionally instruments definitions with &define specs
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:12:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvv98urp5q.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83blam59r4.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 10 Apr 2021 20:29:03 +0300")
>> +** The '&define' keyword in an Edebug specification now disables
>> +backtracking.
>
> Please add here a pointer to the ELisp manual where this is described,
> as the text otherwise is too terse to speak for itself.
>
> Also, the heading line should be a single complete sentence, and the
> NEWS entry should be marked "+++", since the manual is being updated
> by the same changeset.
>
> (I have no opinion on the change itself, although it strikes me as
> unusual to delete a feature rather than fix it.)
It's a "feature" that's been broken for ever, that noone knows how to
fix, and for which we know no current user.
Also the new `&name` can be useful to avoid the need for that feature,
so in a sense we did provide a kind of fix in the form of a new
alternative solution.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-10 18:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-21 16:58 bug#41988: 28.0.50; Edebug unconditionally instruments definitions with &define specs Philipp
[not found] ` <mailman.222.1592758804.2574.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2020-06-21 23:48 ` Alan Mackenzie
2020-08-08 11:01 ` Philipp Stephani
2020-08-08 14:59 ` Alan Mackenzie
2020-08-09 11:33 ` Philipp Stephani
2020-08-09 16:35 ` Alan Mackenzie
2020-08-10 13:32 ` Philipp Stephani
2021-03-02 15:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-03-02 17:28 ` Philipp Stephani
2021-03-08 16:33 ` Philipp Stephani
2021-03-08 16:37 ` Philipp Stephani
2021-03-08 17:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-03-14 16:32 ` Philipp
2021-03-14 17:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-03-18 11:19 ` Philipp
2021-03-18 14:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-03-21 13:34 ` Philipp
2021-03-21 14:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-04 18:40 ` Philipp Stephani
2021-04-04 20:16 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-05 14:32 ` Philipp Stephani
2021-04-10 15:07 ` Philipp
2021-04-10 15:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-04-10 16:23 ` Philipp
2021-04-10 17:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-04-10 18:12 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-04-10 19:54 ` Philipp
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