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

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From: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 6991 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 6991-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6991: Please keep bytecode out of *Backtrace* buffers
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:52:52 -0800

>>>>> Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> What's more, _users_ currently do the work by hand, so it must be possible
> to at least partly (probably fully) get it done by program. If users can
> manually (time-consuming and error-prone) redact the byte-code when pasting
> a backtrace into a mail etc. then that can be done by program.

Drew, can you show me what it will look like to have the elision performed?
Sometimes the byte-code contains strings that give me a clue as to the
problem, so I'm wondering what will disappear if this is fixed.

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