Guile hacking -- accessing backtrace environment frames?

Rob Browning rlb@cs.utexas.edu
01 Nov 2000 17:12:50 -0600


Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU> writes:

> I'm trying to debug some scheme code, but I don't know guile
> very well.  I've got a backtrace to the problematical code,
> but I'd like to get into that environment so that I can examine
> various symbols and see their values.  I can't seem to find
> any useful guile documentation, in particular in terms of
> debugging from the guile shell.
> 
> Anyone have a quick crash-course in guile/scheme debugging,
> or know where I can find one?

There is a debugger, but to tell you the truth, I've never used it.  I
usually just cram in some display statements and try again :> :<

Check the info pages for "Debugger User Interface".

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