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[PATCH] Add Bytecode Offset information to Backtrace

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, zshaftel <at> gmail.com, 42499 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42499: [PATCH] Add Bytecode Offset information to Backtrace
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 00:15:42 -0400

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  > I don't think we should start dismissing .elc compiled files just
  > because native compilation is on the horizon.  Some users might
  > legitimately decide they don't want their Lisp natively-compiled, or
  > may be unable to do so because of the GCC version they have
  > installed.  We should continue supporting byte-compilation features
  > for the next few versions at least.

We should continue supporting byte compilation indefinitely.
My machine is slower than what you are accustomed to,
and I think that native compilation could be a big slowdown.


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Dr Richard Stallman
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