Re: [Chicken-users] Line numbers in error output?

[J Altfas]

> On Sun, 7 Jul 2013 13:27:33 +0200, Peter Bex <address@hidden> 
wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 04:33:45PM -0700, J Altfas wrote:
> ...
> > Despite scouring the documentation, it's still unclear how the 
-:xx 
> > command-line options can be passed to the Chicken runtime (e.g., 
to 
> > affect the trace length, etc.).  While the embedding API has 
been 
> > effective and pleasant to use once I got the hang of it, this 
part 
> > remains a mystery to me.
> 
> IIUC you can simply set the value of C_trace_buffer_size to 
something
> useful before initializing CHICKEN.
>

Yes, setting C_trace_buffer_size > 16 worked to give a longer trace. 
 But in a loop, of course, the same lines are repeated, so not 
really more informative.

It would be nice if the values passed to procedures were given as 
well in the trace.  But I'm guessing that's a whole lot to ask for.

Looks like we still need that debugger...

Jules Altfas.  

> Cheers,
> Peter
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