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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 01:34:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, notabug

Merged with 15789

Found in version 24.3.50

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Please keep bytecode out of *Backtrace* buffers
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:35:10 +0800

Please keep bytecode out of *Backtrace* buffers.
* It is unreadable.
* It will cause problems when sent via email. Even if one runs col(1)
and strings(1) on it, nobody can read it anyway.
* The mountain of gobbledygook makes people reading give up on trying to help.
E.g., http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.w3m/8695
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