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[24.4.174.65]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o13sm14783058pfh.23.2019.06.16.10.47.09 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 16 Jun 2019 10:47:09 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by raman-glaptop.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 13930) id 9EE9EC20399; Sun, 16 Jun 2019 10:47:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:40:45 -0400") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::42c X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:237741 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: And if one is developing a large package that one also uses all the time, it would be even nicer if it just went ahead and reloaded the file, > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > > > url-http-parse-headers: Invalid byte code in /home/larsi/src/emacs/trunk/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-seq.elc [8 times] > > > > > > And it's almost always with this "invalid byte code" stuff. > > > > > > What does it mean, really? > > > emacs-lisp/cl-seq.elc was modified after being loaded. You need to > > reload it. > > I wonder if we could modify that error message so as to inform users > better about the likely cause. > > The code which reports that error could check the date of the file, > determine whether the problem is due to changing the file, and > if so say so clearly. --