[slime-devel] Re: Problems with swank connection

[Nikodemus Siivola]

"Henda Carvalho" <henda.for.work at gmail.com> writes:

> (save-current-buffer
>   (slime-disconnect)
>   (if (get-buffer "*inferior-lisp*")
>       (kill-buffer "*inferior-lisp*"))
>   (slime)
>
>  (if (not (slime-connected-p))
>       <error, do something> ))
>
> The problem is that the function 'slime-connected-p' is returning
> 'nil', meaning that there isn't a swank connection... Can somebody tell me why?

IIRC the call to SLIME returns almost immediately, but setting the
connection up takes a while -- so you need to wait for it a bit.

Cheers,

  -- Nikodemus              Schemer: "Buddha is small, clean, and serious."
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