GNU bug report logs - #11935
XINT etc. should be functions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:15:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 11935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 11935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11935: XINT etc. should be functions
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:12:14 +0300

> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:54:07 -0700
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> Cc: 11935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org
> 
> There are important advantages to not inlining: you can put
> breakpoints on them, for example.

Why would we need to put a breakpoint on a function that replaces the
XINT macro?  We've lived with a macro (where you cannot put a
breakpoint) for many years without any problems (AFAIK).  We have
debugger commands to display values of Lisp integers.  So I don't
think debuggability will be a problem in this particular case
(although it might be in others).
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 119 days ago.

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