From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24449: Emacs 25.1 RC2: Byte compiler reports error in wrong place. Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 18:09:38 +0300 Message-ID: <83twdf51al.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20160916113124.GB3630@acm.fritz.box> <83wpic3rpb.fsf@gnu.org> <20160916133352.GC3630@acm.fritz.box> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1474038633 28359 195.159.176.226 (16 Sep 2016 15:10:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:10:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24449@debbugs.gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 16 17:10:27 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bkumS-0005us-Op for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:10:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42007 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkumQ-0004CK-QV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:10:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38133) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkumG-000477-0Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:10:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkumB-0000CQ-0D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:10:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:35784) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkumA-0000CH-Sf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:10:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bkumA-0006pg-GE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:10:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:10:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24449 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24449-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24449.147403860126253 (code B ref 24449); Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:10:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24449) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Sep 2016 15:10:01 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33496 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bkum6-0006pK-10 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:10:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46555) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bkum1-0006p4-5k for 24449@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:09:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkulq-0008Cd-Qc for 24449@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:09:48 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:59923) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkulq-0008BC-OM; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:09:42 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4143 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bkulm-0004dO-Kv; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:09:41 -0400 In-reply-to: <20160916133352.GC3630@acm.fritz.box> (message from Alan Mackenzie on Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:33:52 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:123384 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:33:52 +0000 > Cc: 24449@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Alan Mackenzie > > > 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.