From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Incorrect byte compiler error/warning message positions. A possible fix.
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 13:29:23 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sfvy0yx8.fsf@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sfvy2dsl.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:22:50 +0100")
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>> The byte compiler reports wrong source positions in its error and
>> warning messages; not every time, but perhaps most of the time. There
>> are currently at least six open bugs for this problem, e.g. bug #22288.
> In my experience, the vast majority of the warning messages point to the
> correct position. But, yes, it does sometimes give the wrong position.
I wouldn't say the "correct position", but somewhere close to the
correct position.
It could be, for example, a few lines above where it should actually be,
when giving diagnostics for unused lexical bindings.
But it is usually close enough for people to quickly locate and solve
the error.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-15 5:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-14 19:13 Incorrect byte compiler error/warning message positions. A possible fix Alan Mackenzie
2021-11-15 5:22 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-15 5:29 ` Po Lu [this message]
2021-11-15 11:52 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-11-15 11:49 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-11-15 21:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-16 7:32 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-16 17:05 ` Alan Mackenzie
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