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28.0.50; Edebug doesn't generate symbols for `cl-flet' etc.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 41989 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#41989: 28.0.50; Edebug doesn't generate symbols for
 `cl-flet' etc.
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2021 07:57:55 +0100

Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> I'm not quite sure what the status is here now.  I tried `C-u C-M-x'-ing
>> it now and got:
>>
>> Edebug: foo <at> cl-flet <at> 118
>> Edebug: foo <at> cl-flet <at> 119
>> Edebug: bar
>> bar
>>
>> Which seems correct.  And stepping through the function also works.  So
>> is there more to be done here?
>
> It would be nice to include the outer function ("bar") in the
> generated symbol, e.g. "bar <at> foo <at> cl-flet <at> 118" or similar.
> But that would really be the icing on the cake, and it's not necessary
> to avoid duplicate symbols. So more of a nice to have; feel free to
> close this bug if it's too hard to implement.

Ah, right.  Yes, that does sound like an even better way to name these
flets -- easier to identify in backtraces and the like (but I guess
normally the backtrace would also tell you the enclosing function, so
perhaps the utility would be limited)...

Perhaps Stefan M has an opinion here?  Added to the CCs.

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