Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 21:53:57 -0800 (PST)
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>,
        George Foot <george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk>
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: Auto-symified traceback
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
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At 10:58  3/31/1998 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Perhaps it would be sufficient to simply copy the traceback 
>> information to a disk file; this would be a trivial change wouldn't 
>> it?  It would ensure that the traceback would be available later.  
>> The screen message could either remain, and be a duplicate, or could 
>> just tell the user where to find the debugging information.
>
>You mean, create a `core' file?  I don't know.  Opinions, anyone?

Good idea, IMHO. It can be very difficult when you encounter some
non-reproducible bug and get a traceback, but can't save it anywhere.

This would also let us drop the restriction that only 9 (or so) levels of
backtrace are printed.

My $0.02

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net