Re: scratch/accurate-warning-pos: Solid progress: the branch now bootstraps.

[Alan Mackenzie]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 13:12:36 -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 11/29/18 3:37 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > I was really asking Paul, since it was originally his idea.

> I don't like the idea of having two instances of Emacs installed, a 
> "main" one and a "debugging" used only for byte-compilation. I suggested 
> the idea only because it's better than having only a "debugging" Emacs 
> that is slower for everything.

A better description than "debugging" Emacs would be "debugged" Emacs;
it's the one whose compiler works.  The "main" one's compiler is buggy.

The degree of slow down is minimal in practical use.

Again, the question, Paul: is the idea of the two instances of code
still live?

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).