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

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From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: lekktu <at> gmail.com, johnw <at> gnu.org, 6991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, larsi <at> gnus.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: bug#6991: Please keep bytecode out of *Backtrace* buffers
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 23:56:54 -0400

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Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>  I wonder why we do that, tho:
> the previous code didn't have a comment, so I'm left guessing that maybe
> it's that we don't want to advertise as "will stop when exiting foo"
> a function which we're exiting?

I tried git-blame, but that code seems to have been like that since
"initial revision" (1991).  I think your guess sounds reasonable.

Anyway, here are the updated patches.

[0001-Operate-on-frame-list-instead-of-printed-backtrace.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

[0002-Improve-ert-backtrace-recording.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

[0003-Escape-control-characters-in-backtraces-Bug-6991.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

[0004-Don-t-redundantly-cl-print-arglist-in-function-docst.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

[0005-Hide-byte-code-in-backtraces-Bug-6991.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

[0006-Escape-NUL-bytes-in-X-selections-Bug-6991.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

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