From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lute Kamstra Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: debug-on-entry Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:11:05 +0200 Message-ID: <87br6bnuvq.fsf@xs4all.nl> References: <200506110344.j5B3ivw05989@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <87zmtxv0j2.fsf@xs4all.nl> <87k6kz8rjj.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1118610524 24260 80.91.229.2 (12 Jun 2005 21:08:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:08:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Luc Teirlinck , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 12 23:08:42 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DhZgv-0006uz-B8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:08:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DhZla-00016q-16 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:13:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DhZkw-0000ux-5q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:12:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DhZkq-0000q7-08 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:12:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DhZko-0000p9-7e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:12:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [194.109.24.31] (helo=smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DhZkc-00059q-0N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:12:14 -0400 Original-Received: from pijl (a80-127-67-124.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.127.67.124]) by smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j5CLB7uO073088; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:11:07 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Lute.Kamstra@xs4all.nl) Original-Received: from lute by pijl with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DhZjV-0002IY-00; Sun, 12 Jun 2005 23:11:05 +0200 Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-Reply-To: <87k6kz8rjj.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 12 Jun 2005 12:33:07 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Original-Lines: 15 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:38671 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:38671 Stefan Monnier writes: >> You can use debug-on-entry for primitive functions that are not >> specials forms. You just can't step through them. I'll fix the >> docs. > > Also they may be called without triggering the debugger, if they're called > directly from C rather than from elisp. I.e. it's unreliable (but can > still be useful, I guess). I'll point that out. Thanks, Lute.