GNU bug report logs - #15880
Compute C declarations for DEFSYMs automatically.

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:35:02 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 #65 received at 15880 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 15880 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15880: Compute C declarations for DEFSYMs automatically.
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 09:59:20 +0200

> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:25:45 -0800
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> CC: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, 15880 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Since there are quite a few symbols it might be worth doing this
> only when -g3 is not used, to keep the runtime a bit smaller.

That would be confusing, I think.  We shouldn't need to remember how
Emacs was compiled to debug it.  Having a "print Qfoo" display some
weird error message under obscure circumstances is an annoyance.
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