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

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Message #175 received at 6991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: lekktu <at> gmail.com, johnw <at> gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
 6991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, eliz <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6991: Please keep bytecode out of *Backtrace* buffers
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 18:21:47 -0500

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  > > 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.

That is no reason to put the bytecode in the backtrace by default.
We can make another way to get the bytecode when you really want that.

  > 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.

That might be a good approach.

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