Re: better "pr" with gdb-6.4

[Kim F. Storm]

Nick Roberts <address@hidden> writes:

> Sorry I wasn't clear.  They're meant as alternatives.

Ok, but I would like ppargs to print a short form like this:
(load "..." t t t)

>
>  > Actually, it would alse be useful if you could enhance
>  > xbacktrace to recognize when the current frame is Ffuncall and
>  > print the args at that level  (maybe for other functions too).
>
> But only some of the lisp backtrace appears as calls to Ffuncall (the
> primitives?).  In the example that I gave, the lisp backtrace has two
> levels:
>
> Lisp Backtrace:
> "load"
> "normal-top-level"
>
> but the C backtrace has only one call to Ffuncall (for load):

Is it possible to write a macro that would traverse up the C stack and do
something sensible for "known functions" like Ffuncall and Feval.

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk