GNU bug report logs - #16357
insufficient print abbreviation in error messages

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Package: guile;

Reported by: Zefram <zefram <at> fysh.org>

Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 23:45:05 UTC

Severity: normal

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Message #17 received at 16357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>
Cc: Zefram <zefram <at> fysh.org>, 16357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, guile-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16357: insufficient print abbreviation in error messages
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:57:17 -0400
Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com> writes:
> Or, we could use print states.  But print states are not so great and
> ideally we would remove them eventually.

We will need print states, or something like them, to support writing
cyclic data structures as required by R7RS.

     Mark




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