bug#6991: Please keep bytecode out of *Backtrace* buffers

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > Why not take the bytecode _entirely_ out of the backtrace buffer?
  > > Is it ever any use?

  > It can be disassembled, and may hold useful information that would
  > otherwise be missing.

That is no reason to put the bytecode in the backtrace by default.
We can make another way to get the bytecode when you really want that.

  > I think it might make sense to hide the bytecode with display
  > properties, but keep the text itself so that it's not lost when copied
  > to an email.

That might be a good approach.

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