GNU bug report logs - #6991
Please keep bytecode out of *Backtrace* buffers

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>, John Wiegley <johnw <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 6991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#6991: Please keep bytecode out of *Backtrace* buffers
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 19:33:30 -0500

On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 6:45 PM, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Why not take the bytecode _entirely_ out of the backtrace buffer?
> Is it ever any use?

It can be disassembled, and may hold useful information that would
otherwise be missing.

>
> I proposed a week ago to print bytecode functions differently,
> without showing the bytecode.

I think it might make sense to hide the bytecode with display
properties, but keep the text itself so that it's not lost when copied
to an email.

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