GNU bug report logs - #24514
24.5; [WIP][PATCH] Lispy backtraces

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vasilij Schneidermann <v.schneidermann <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 23:17:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.5

Done: Vasilij Schneidermann <v.schneidermann <at> gmail.com>

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From: Vasilij Schneidermann <v.schneidermann <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 24515 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pit <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#24514: 24.5; [WIP][PATCH] Lispy backtraces
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:55:41 +0200

> How about if we install this with a user option, off by default, that
> switches to the new format when turned on?

This sounds sensible, but I'm not sure whether it's worth complicating
the patch by adding checks for this new user option in `eval.c`,
`debug.el` and `edebug.el`.

> Then we could collect user experience for some time, and make this the
> default if everyone likes it.

How do you plan on informing and surveying users?  Would a discussion on
emacs-devel be the way to do this or do you have something different in
mind?
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