Re: Is there a way to instrument for edebug a form (say, a progn) given to `eval'?

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2016-01-04, at 23:58, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:

>> OK, so try C-u C-M-x with this form:
>> (eval '(progn (message "foo") (message "bar")))
>> and see how Edebug doesn't step into the progn.
>> 
>> I suspect that it's impossible to actually edebug the `progn' form here,
>> I just would like to make sure.
>
> Well, as I said earlier, you can at least do this:
>
> (progn
>   (debug)
>   (eval '(progn (message "foo") (message "bar"))))
>
> or this:
>
> (eval '(progn (debug) (message "foo") (message "bar")))

True, though not as convenient as edebug.

Best,

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Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University