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From: Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
Cc: Guile Development <guile-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: PLEASE: debugging embedded guile code
Date: 26 Apr 2003 16:34:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m34r4l8e79.fsf@laruns.ossau.uklinux.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0304261706460.1619-100000@sunanh>

>>>>> "Joris" == Joris van der Hoeven <TeXmacs@math.u-psud.fr> writes:

    >> I'm curious about this because the question of error handling keeps
    >> popping up and I'm wondering whether our current solution is good
    >> enough.  (With a strong suspicion that it isn't.)
    >> 
    >> One thing I'm not sure I understand is why you want (or perhaps need)
    >> to do this lazy-catch in C rather than in Scheme, since it would be
    >> much easier in Scheme.  Can you explain?

    Joris> I now have something more or less satisfactory for myself.

Using lazy-catch?

    Joris> One of the most important shortcomings of the current
    Joris> situation is probably poor documentation. In particular, I
    Joris> think that the manual should contain an example how to deal
    Joris> with detailed error handling.

I agree, but I also think that the lazy-catch mechanism is more tricky
than it needs to be, especially in C.  So I'd like to get the
mechanism right first and then document it.

    Joris> I also think that there you might add some scheme routines
    Joris> to construct comprehensive error messages from error
    Joris> objects.  This would allow me to print these messages in a
    Joris> popup window or include them in a status buffer. I
    Joris> currently print everything to standard output or error...

I think I understand, but can you give an example?

        Neil



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       reply	other threads:[~2003-04-26 15:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <Pine.GSO.4.33.0304261706460.1619-100000@sunanh>
2003-04-26 15:34 ` Neil Jerram [this message]
2003-04-26 15:40   ` PLEASE: debugging embedded guile code Joris van der Hoeven
2003-04-26 19:30     ` Neil Jerram
2003-04-27  8:40       ` Joris van der Hoeven
     [not found] <Pine.GSO.3.96.1030209200016.26546A-100000@anh>
2003-02-25 14:19 ` Joris van der Hoeven
2003-02-25 14:36   ` Dale P. Smith
2003-04-26 14:51     ` Neil Jerram
2003-04-26 16:40       ` Bruce Korb
2003-04-26 19:12         ` Neil Jerram
2003-04-26 20:13           ` Bruce Korb
2003-04-27 20:49             ` Neil Jerram
2003-04-27 21:57               ` Bruce Korb
2003-04-28 15:54                 ` Paul Jarc
2003-04-28 16:07                   ` Bruce Korb
2003-04-28 19:21                 ` Neil Jerram
2003-04-28 20:06                   ` Bruce Korb
2003-04-28 20:58                     ` Neil Jerram
2003-05-16 17:19                       ` Bruce Korb
2003-05-16 19:23                         ` Neil Jerram
2003-05-16 20:27                           ` Bruce Korb
2003-05-16 21:21                             ` Rob Browning
2003-05-16 21:56                               ` Bruce Korb
2003-05-17  0:31                                 ` Bruce Korb
2003-05-17  2:33                                   ` Bruce Korb
2003-05-19 15:00                                     ` Paul Jarc
2003-04-28 13:52       ` Mikael Djurfeldt
2003-04-28 19:26         ` Neil Jerram
2003-04-26 14:45   ` Neil Jerram

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