Re: print-circle and describe-variable

[Stefan Monnier]

> But we do believe that print-circle makes it possible to print out
> recursive structures, or? And we do not believe that it disturbs printing
> out non-recursive structures (except that it gets a bit slower), or?

Actually, I believe it does affect printing non-circular structures in more
ways than just by making it slower.

Try (let ((print-circle t) (toto (list 2))) (prin1 (list toto toto)))

In some cases, this is a good feature, but in many other cases it can be
very confusing.


        Stefan