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bug#44942: 28.0.50; Emacs should print a backtrace on uncaught errors in
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#44942: 28.0.50; Emacs should print a backtrace on uncaught errors in batch mode |
Date: |
Sun, 06 Dec 2020 18:59:55 +0200 |
> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 17:50:17 +0100
>
> Am So., 29. Nov. 2020 um 16:27 Uhr schrieb Philipp Stephani
> <p.stephani2@gmail.com>:
> >
> > Am So., 29. Nov. 2020 um 11:48 Uhr schrieb Philipp Stephani
> > <p.stephani2@gmail.com>:
> > >
> > >
> > > $ emacs -Q -batch -eval '(progn (defun foo () (error "Boo")) (foo))'
> > > Boo
> > >
> > > Emacs should print a backtrace here to make it possible to debug such
> > > errors. It's possible to force Emacs to print a backtrace by binding
> > > `debug-on-error', however, that is incorrect because it changes the
> > > meaning of `with-demoted-errors' and `condition-case-unless-debug',
> > > causing code that would normally work to fail with an error. Instead,
> > > `signal' should print a backtrace if in batch mode and if it jumps to
> > > the top-level error handler. It looks like this logic could be
> > > special-cased in signal_or_quit, similar to the debugger logic.
> > >
> >
> > I've attached a patch.
>
> Pushed to master as commit 40e11743ca.
This is an incompatible change. Is there a way to get back previous
behavior? If so, please mention that in NEWS; if not, let's please
provide a way to get back the old behavior.
Thanks.