Re: ,show repl command

[Mark Harig <idirectscm@aim.com>]

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 07:53:14PM +0530, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan 
wrote:
> Not sure whether this is a bug.
>
> The Guile manual [1] mentions the existance of a repl command called
> `show'. When I tried this, I get the following message.
>
> scheme@(guile-user)> ,show
> Show Commands:
>
> While executing meta-command:
> ERROR: In procedure car:
> ERROR: Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting pair): #f

I have seen this error for the `show' command, too, and a
similar error for `statistics'.  There are also a number of
errors in the help text from several commands (see below).

This is for guile 1.9.14.

Error 1)

scheme@(guile-user)> ,show w
While executing meta-command:
ERROR: In procedure car:
ERROR: Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting pair): #f

scheme@(guile-user)> ,show copying
While executing meta-command:
ERROR: In procedure car:
ERROR: Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting pair): #f

scheme@(guile-user)> ,show v
While executing meta-command:
ERROR: In procedure car:
ERROR: Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting pair): #f


Error 2)

scheme@(guile-user)> ,statistics
GC times:                     0 /         7 times

Memory size:            current /     limit
                heap         #f /        #f cells
              malloc         #f /        #f bytes

Cells collected:           diff /     total
While executing meta-command:
ERROR: In procedure -:
ERROR: Wrong type argument in position 1: #f


Error 3)

scheme@(guile-user)> ,h -c step
Usage: step
Step until control reaches a different source location.

Step until control reaches a different source location.


NOTE: The same sentence is repeated twice.


Error 4)

scheme@(guile-user)> ,h -c step-instruction
Usage: step-instruction
Step until control reaches a different instruction.

Step until control reaches a different VM instruction.


NOTE: Nearly the same sentence is repeated twice.


Error 5)

scheme@(guile-user)> ,h -c next
Usage: next
Step until control reaches a different source location in the current 
frame.

Step until control reaches a different source location in the current 
frame.


NOTE: The same sentence is repeated twice.


Error 6)

scheme@(guile-user)> ,h -c next-instruction
Usage: next-instruction
Step until control reaches a different instruction in the current frame.

Step until control reaches a different VM instruction in the current 
frame.


NOTE: Nearly the same sentence is repeated twice.


Error 7)

scheme@(guile-user)> ,h -c traps
Usage: traps
Show the set of currently attached traps.

Show the set of currently attached traps (breakpoints and tracepoints).


NOTE: Repeated information that could be reduced to one
sentence.


Error 8)

scheme@(guile-user)> ,h del
Usage: delete IDX
Delete a trap.

Delete a trap.


NOTE: The same sentence is repeated twice.


Error 9)

scheme@(guile-user)> ,h -c disable
Usage: disable IDX
Disable a trap.

Disable a trap.


NOTE: The same sentence is repeated twice.


Error 10)

scheme@(guile-user)> ,h -c enable
Usage: enable IDX
Enable a trap.

Enable a trap.


NOTE: The same sentence is repeated twice.


Error 11)

scheme@(guile-user)> ,h -c registers
Usage: registers
Print registers.

Print the registers of the current frame.


NOTE: Repeated information that could be reduced to one
sentence.

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