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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Look for strace/ltrace analog for elisp.
Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 10:34:04 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvvck0179t.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.1062.1336906313.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

> I expect ability to call something like::

>   (trace BODY)

> and get output like::

>   { foo
>   *{ bar
>   **{ concat
>   **} concat: result: "XXX"
>   **{ +
>   **} +: result: 20
>   *} bar: result: 20
>   } foo: result: 20

We don't really have this kind of `trace' function.  Instead we have
`trace-function'.  So if you called trace-function on `foo', `bar',
`concat', and `+', then (eval BODY) would have put a trace like the one
you show in *trace-output*.


        Stefan


       reply	other threads:[~2012-05-13 14:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.1062.1336906313.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-05-13 14:34 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-05-13 10:51 Look for strace/ltrace analog for elisp Oleksandr Gavenko

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