From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: Ditching (debug-enable 'backwards) ? Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 10:06:17 -0800 Sender: guile-user-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: ttn@glug.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035742854 1457 80.91.224.249 (27 Oct 2002 18:20:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 18:20:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-user@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 185s1s-0000NF-00 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 19:20:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 185s1R-0000Ea-00; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 13:20:25 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 185rzs-0008Cp-00 for guile-user@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 13:18:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 185rzp-0008CQ-00 for guile-user@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 13:18:47 -0500 Original-Received: from ca-crlsca-cuda3-c6a-b-211.crlsca.adelphia.net ([68.71.15.211] helo=giblet) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 185rzp-0008CD-00 for guile-user@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 13:18:45 -0500 Original-Received: from ttn by giblet with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 185rnl-0007Sa-00; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 10:06:17 -0800 Original-To: neil@ossau.uklinux.net In-reply-to: (message from Neil Jerram on 27 Oct 2002 13:04:41 +0000) Errors-To: guile-user-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:1291 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.user:1291 From: Neil Jerram Date: 27 Oct 2002 13:04:41 +0000 Does anyone use (debug-enable 'backwards) and have a good reason for keeping it? In my view, it makes documenting the debugger harder, is likely to introduce bugs in the debugger code (if there aren't any there already), and is simply pointless, so I propose to get rid of it. (With deprecation, of course ...) it is only pointless if you buy into a philosophy where you understand all points a priori. you need not document it more than saying "there is an output option ... so in the example output below just stand on your head to get the full effect". generally, orthogonal features can/should be documented in a likewise orthogonal style (else you get combinatorial explosion). i see about half a dozen places in the code where this option manifests, all of them highly stable. (how can an option introduce bugs -- only uncareful people can do that. :-) thi _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user