GNU bug report logs - #33602
27.0.50; Compiling no file at

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Reported by: markusffm <at> fn.de

Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 19:24:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, markusffm <at> fn.de, 33602 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, m43cap <at> yandex.com
Subject: bug#33602: 27.0.50; Compiling no file at
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2018 12:48:12 +0200

> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 20:06:59 +0000
> Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, markusffm <at> fn.de, 33602 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, m43cap <at> yandex.com
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
> 
> > I'd ask a different question altogether: now that we know this comes
> > from loading generics, why is that entry in compilation log a problem?
> > Who cares what the byte compiler says as part of its normal operation,
> > and why should we consider that "a bug"?
> 
> I still think it's a problem.  It irritates people.

They are free not to look ;-)

> The actual wording of the message "Compiling no file at <time>" is
> unclear.

If we want to change the text, it's fine.  But removing the log
altogether sounds like too much to me.
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