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Emacs 29: Edebug fails to instrument a parameter whose name begins with _

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Message #8 received at 59213 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 59213 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59213: Emacs 29: Edebug fails to instrument a parameter
 whose name begins with _
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 03:48:45 +0100

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

> During the edebug session, I attempted
>
>     e _old-len RET.
>
> Instead of giving me the value of _old-len (which was 3) it gave the
> error message
>
>     Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: _old-len

Here is a test case:

(defun test (a b _c)
  (+ a b))

Instrument, etc., and e _c RET gives you the void variable error.

I don't think this behavior is intended.

When I change

(defun edebug-eval (expr)
  (backtrace-eval expr 0 'edebug-after))

to

(defun edebug-eval (expr)
  (backtrace-eval expr 1 'edebug-after))
;;                     ^

a binding of _c is being printed.  Let's CC Stefan who is the real
expert and ask whether this change would make sense.  I'm not sure when
and in which frames a binding is or should be visible.  Note: when _c is
used in the function body a binding _is_ visible also in the 0th frame.

Michael.

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