GNU bug report logs - #19206
25.0.50; CC Mode tracks wrong source files

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Packages: cc-mode, emacs;

Reported by: Sebastian Wiesner <swiesner <at> lunaryorn.com>

Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 10:21:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 19206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: Sebastian Wiesner <swiesner <at> lunaryorn.com>, 19206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19206: 25.0.50; CC Mode tracks wrong source files
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:02:55 -0500

> It is horrifying.  I spent quite some time over the weekend searching for
> a better solution, without success.  The issue is quite simple: when
> loading and compiling are nested in some unknown order, how do you
> determine which of them is the "innermost" activity?

No, that is a side issue.  The real issue is: why on earth do we care
about the file name?

We should start by saying that we should never need to answer this
question.  So we should reject whichever "solution" we chose to some
other problem which ends up requiring such horrors.


        Stefan
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