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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: eller.helmut@gmail.com, 9463@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9463: 24.0.50; Errors should not be continuable
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:10:49 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83vct25gxy.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvhb4mv4pa.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:23:09 -0400
> Cc: 9463@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > I think the "do what would have happened if the debugger had not been
> > called" thing should be a different command, like resignal or abort.
> 
> Why?  When the debugger is called in a non-error case, the "c" does just
> that "do whatever would have happened if the debug call had no taken place".
> 
> > c should only continue from truly continuable situations, like
> > breakpoints.
> 
> Again: why?

I agree with Stefan.  The current operation of `c' is consistent with
what other debuggers do in this situation.  For example, when GDB
catches a fatal signal, typing `c' will simply let the program
continue with the signal, which may mean it will crash.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-09-09  7:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-08 12:01 bug#9463: 24.0.50; Errors should not be continuable Helmut Eller
2011-09-08 13:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-08 18:13   ` Helmut Eller
2011-09-09  2:23     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-09  6:53       ` Helmut Eller
2011-09-09 14:07         ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-09 16:37           ` Helmut Eller
2011-09-09 21:44             ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-10 18:27               ` Helmut Eller
2011-09-19 21:17                 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-20  6:49                   ` Helmut Eller
2011-09-20 21:53                     ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-21  8:05                       ` Helmut Eller
2011-09-21 19:09                         ` Stefan Monnier
2011-09-21 19:53                           ` Helmut Eller
2012-02-22  2:20                             ` Glenn Morris
2011-09-09  7:10       ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2011-09-09  7:36         ` Helmut Eller
2011-09-09  7:59           ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-09  8:22             ` Helmut Eller

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