GNU bug report logs - #25295
26.0.50; Represent eieio objects using object-print in backtraces and edebug

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Reported by: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>

Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:53:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 26.0.50

Done: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: 25295 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25295: 26.0.50; Represent eieio objects using object-print in backtraces and edebug
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 13:31:54 -0500

> Very cool! How does this interact with the existing `object-print'
> method?

The default cl-print-object method for EIEIO objects calls object-print.
So you can add methods to either of object-print or cl-print-object
(modulo issues with ordering between methods if one is applied to
cl-print-object and the other to object-print).

> That method seems to be getting called at some point, but I
> don't see where. Is the intention that we'd stop using that?

Yes, object-print is now obsolete.


        Stefan
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