Re: Prickliness of the "invalid byte code" stuff

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > url-http-parse-headers: Invalid byte code in 
/home/larsi/src/emacs/trunk/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-seq.elc [8 times]
  > >
  > > And it's almost always with this "invalid byte code" stuff.
  > >
  > > What does it mean, really?

  > emacs-lisp/cl-seq.elc was modified after being loaded.  You need to
  > reload it.

I wonder if we could modify that error message so as to inform users
better about the likely cause.

The code which reports that error could check the date of the file,
determine whether the problem is due to changing the file, and
if so say so clearly.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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