Re: Nonsensical byte compiler warning.

[Chong Yidong]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     Warnings stemming from the optimiser are commonly restricted to
>     defun-level positional information. For example, byte compiling:
>
>        (defun f ()
>        (message "hi")
>        (quote 0 1)
>        (let ((x 0 1))))
>
>     gives two warnings (both to the defun). Should these be fixed too?
>
> I agree this is too hard to change now.
> However, it would have been premature to give up without
> checking.

I've added a TODO item for this:

  ** Make byte-optimization warnings issue accurate line numbers.