bug#37706: `inhibit-message' affects error backtrace printing in batch mode

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev@gmail.com> writes:

> When in batch mode, `debug-on-error' can be used to make Emacs
> print backtraces of any errors that occur:

[...]

> This is wrong.  When binding `inhibit-message' you have no idea
> that an error might happen inside the block.  Actually, you
> rather hope it doesn't.  In other words, when binding
> `inhibit-message' you never target error backtraces -- those are
> only unwanted side-effects of bugs in your code.
>
> Attached patch makes function `debug' temporarily rebind
> `inhibit-message' to nil. The patch is just three lines, but `diff'
> got mad because of reindentation.

Thanks for the patch -- it looks like this was fixed by this commit:

commit 502059433ce0e9699eb73d21656ce6e9e127d63b
Author:     Paul Pogonyshev <pogonyshev@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun Jan 26 22:54:32 2020 -0500

    * lisp/emacs-lisp/debug.el (debug): Merge the non-interactive cases
    
    bug#38927


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