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24.1.50; New Info file suffix ".info" breaks `Info-find-node-2'

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Message #74 received at 11999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 11999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#11999: 24.1.50;
	New Info file suffix ".info" breaks `Info-find-node-2'
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:06:04 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
> Cc: drew.adams <at> oracle.com, 11999 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:53:06 -0400
> 
> >> I.e. I'm open to suggestions, but I don't think it's worth spending too
> >> much time on it.
> > How about renaming 'user-error' into 'error-no-backtrace'?
> 
> I'd rather have a name that reflects the intention (and also user-error
> is significantly shorter).

There's nothing wrong with user-error, except that it is..., well,
wrong.  It is simply a convenience feature to signal an error that
will not (by default) enter the debugger.  I see nothing there that
would justify the current name.  My suggestion describes what it
really does.

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