[slime-devel] Re: Slime lockup after returning from SLDB

[Justin Heyes-Jones]

On 10/29/05, Jonathan Lee <2jlee at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Luke Gorrie wrote:
>
> >Jonathan Lee <2jlee at earthlink.net> writes:
> >
> >
> >
> >>I am running the CVS of SLIME as of 27-Oct-2005 in GNU Emacs 21.3.1 on
> >>Windows XP using CLISP 2.35 as the backend.
> >>
> >>After aborting an error that throws me into the SLDB I get no prompt in
> the
> >>SLIME REPL. If I try to evaluate a form or variable (or even a blank
> >>line), I get
> >>the following in the mini-buffer:
> >>
> >>;pipelined request... (swank:listener-eval "form I evaluated")
> >>
> >>
> >
> >The "pipelined request" message is printed when SLIME issues a new
> >request before the previous one is answered. Sounds like the Abort to
> >SLDB has not really aborted.
> >
> >Does this happen for all errors, e.g. (error "foo")? Just to check if
> >it's an error in a restart handler..
> >
> >I wonder if there is some SIGINT-like way to force CLISP to enter the
> >debugger on Windows? It would be good to know where it is stuck.
>

I've experienced the lock up you describe if I hit Abort instead of Abort
Slime request.

It didn't used to do that so it's a new thing but seems to be avoided by
never using the Abort.
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