[slime-devel] Trouble loading new slime

[Matthew D Swank]

Seen in the *inferior-lisp* buffer while trying to load the latest cvs
version of slime using sbcl-0.9.15 on Linux x86:
...
WARNING: These Swank interfaces are unimplemented:
 (ACTIVATE-STEPPING CALLS-WHO DISASSEMBLE-FRAME SLDB-BREAK-AT-START
                    SLDB-BREAK-ON-RETURN WHO-BINDS WHO-CALLS
WHO-MACROEXPANDS
                    WHO-REFERENCES WHO-SETS WHO-SPECIALIZES)
T
* Help! 11 nested errors. SB-KERNEL:*MAXIMUM-ERROR-DEPTH* exceeded.
0: (BACKTRACE 536870911 #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL SB-SYS:*TTY* {C545449}>)
1: ((LAMBDA NIL))
2: ((LAMBDA NIL))
3: (SB-IMPL::%WITH-STANDARD-IO-SYNTAX #<CLOSURE (LAMBDA NIL) {C545565}>)
4: (SB-IMPL::ERROR-ERROR)
5: (SB-IMPL::INFINITE-ERROR-PROTECTOR)
6: (ERROR SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR)
7: (SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-STREAM-PERROR "couldn't write to ~S"
#<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal" {A7C4821}> 32)
8: (SB-IMPL::FLUSH-OUTPUT-BUFFER #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal"
{A7C4821}>)
9: (SB-IMPL::OUTPUT-CHAR-UTF-8-LINE-BUFFERED #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the
terminal" {A7C4821}> #\Newline)
10: (WRITE-CHAR #\Newline #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal" {A7C4821}>)
11: (TERPRI #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL SB-SYS:*TTY* {910E8F1}>)
12: ((LAMBDA NIL))
13: ((LAMBDA NIL))
14: (SB-IMPL::%WITH-STANDARD-IO-SYNTAX #<CLOSURE (LAMBDA NIL) {C544FA5}>)
15: (SB-IMPL::ERROR-ERROR)
16: (SB-IMPL::INFINITE-ERROR-PROTECTOR)
17: (ERROR SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR)
18: (SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-STREAM-PERROR "couldn't write to ~S"
#<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal" {A7C4821}> 32)
19: (SB-IMPL::FLUSH-OUTPUT-BUFFER #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal"
{A7C4821}>)
20: (FORCE-OUTPUT #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL *TERMINAL-IO* {915C2C1}>)
21: (SB-INT:FLUSH-STANDARD-OUTPUT-STREAMS)
22: (INVOKE-DEBUGGER #<SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR {C544E91}>)
23: (ERROR SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR)
24: (SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-STREAM-PERROR "couldn't write to ~S"
#<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal" {A7C4821}> 32)
25: (SB-IMPL::FLUSH-OUTPUT-BUFFER #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal"
{A7C4821}>)
26: (FORCE-OUTPUT #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL *TERMINAL-IO* {915C2C1}>)
27: (SB-INT:FLUSH-STANDARD-OUTPUT-STREAMS)
28: (INVOKE-DEBUGGER #<SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR {C544D71}>)
29: (ERROR SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR)
30: (SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-STREAM-PERROR "couldn't write to ~S"
#<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal" {A7C4821}> 32)
31: (SB-IMPL::FLUSH-OUTPUT-BUFFER #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal"
{A7C4821}>)
32: (FORCE-OUTPUT #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL *TERMINAL-IO* {915C2C1}>)
33: (SB-INT:FLUSH-STANDARD-OUTPUT-STREAMS)
34: (INVOKE-DEBUGGER #<SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR {C544C51}>)
35: (ERROR SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR)
36: (SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-STREAM-PERROR "couldn't write to ~S"
#<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal" {A7C4821}> 32)
37: (SB-IMPL::FLUSH-OUTPUT-BUFFER #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal"
{A7C4821}>)
38: (FORCE-OUTPUT #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL *TERMINAL-IO* {915C2C1}>)
39: (SB-INT:FLUSH-STANDARD-OUTPUT-STREAMS)
40: (INVOKE-DEBUGGER #<SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR {C544B31}>)
41: (ERROR SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR)
42: (SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-STREAM-PERROR "couldn't write to ~S"
#<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal" {A7C4821}> 32)
43: (SB-IMPL::FLUSH-OUTPUT-BUFFER #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal"
{A7C4821}>)
44: (FORCE-OUTPUT #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL *TERMINAL-IO* {915C2C1}>)
45: (SB-INT:FLUSH-STANDARD-OUTPUT-STREAMS)
46: (INVOKE-DEBUGGER #<SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR {C544A11}>)
47: (ERROR SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR)
48: (SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-STREAM-PERROR "couldn't write to ~S"
#<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal" {A7C4821}> 32)
49: (SB-IMPL::FLUSH-OUTPUT-BUFFER #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal"
{A7C4821}>)
50: (FORCE-OUTPUT #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL *TERMINAL-IO* {915C2C1}>)
51: (SB-INT:FLUSH-STANDARD-OUTPUT-STREAMS)
52: (INVOKE-DEBUGGER #<SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR {C5448F1}>)
53: (ERROR SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR)
54: (SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-STREAM-PERROR "couldn't write to ~S"
#<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal" {A7C4821}> 32)
55: (SB-IMPL::FLUSH-OUTPUT-BUFFER #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal"
{A7C4821}>)
56: (FORCE-OUTPUT #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL *TERMINAL-IO* {915C2C1}>)
57: (SB-INT:FLUSH-STANDARD-OUTPUT-STREAMS)
58: (INVOKE-DEBUGGER #<SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR {C5447D1}>)
59: (ERROR SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR)
60: (SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-STREAM-PERROR "couldn't write to ~S"
#<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal" {A7C4821}> 32)
61: (SB-IMPL::FLUSH-OUTPUT-BUFFER #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal"
{A7C4821}>)
62: (FORCE-OUTPUT #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL *TERMINAL-IO* {915C2C1}>)
63: (SB-INT:FLUSH-STANDARD-OUTPUT-STREAMS)
64: (INVOKE-DEBUGGER #<SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR {C5446B1}>)
65: (ERROR SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR)
66: (SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-STREAM-PERROR "couldn't write to ~S"
#<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal" {A7C4821}> 32)
67: (SB-IMPL::FLUSH-OUTPUT-BUFFER #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal"
{A7C4821}>)
68: (FORCE-OUTPUT #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL *TERMINAL-IO* {915C2C1}>)
69: (SB-INT:FLUSH-STANDARD-OUTPUT-STREAMS)
70: (INVOKE-DEBUGGER #<SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR {C544591}>)
71: (ERROR SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR)
72: (SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-STREAM-PERROR "couldn't write to ~S"
#<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal" {A7C4821}> 32)
73: (SB-IMPL::FLUSH-OUTPUT-BUFFER #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal"
{A7C4821}>)
74: (FORCE-OUTPUT #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL *TERMINAL-IO* {915C2C1}>)
75: (SB-INT:FLUSH-STANDARD-OUTPUT-STREAMS)
76: (INVOKE-DEBUGGER #<SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR {C544471}>)
77: (ERROR SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR)
78: (SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-STREAM-PERROR "couldn't write to ~S"
#<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal" {A7C4821}> 32)
79: (SB-IMPL::FLUSH-OUTPUT-BUFFER #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal"
{A7C4821}>)
80: (FORCE-OUTPUT #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL *TERMINAL-IO* {915C2C1}>)
81: (SB-INT:FLUSH-STANDARD-OUTPUT-STREAMS)
82: (INVOKE-DEBUGGER #<SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR {C544171}>)
83: (ERROR SB-INT:SIMPLE-STREAM-ERROR)
84: (SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-STREAM-PERROR "couldn't write to ~S"
#<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal" {A7C4821}> 32)
85: (SB-IMPL::FLUSH-OUTPUT-BUFFER #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal"
{A7C4821}>)
86: (SB-IMPL::OUTPUT-CHAR-UTF-8-LINE-BUFFERED #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for
"the terminal" {A7C4821}> #\Newline)
87: (WRITE-CHAR #\Newline #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "the terminal" {A7C4821}>)
88: (WRITE-CHAR #\Newline #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL SB-SYS:*TTY* {910E8F1}>)
89: (TERPRI #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL *TERMINAL-IO* {915C2C1}>)
90: (SB-FORMAT::%-FORMAT-DIRECTIVE-INTERPRETER #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL
*TERMINAL-IO* {915C2C1}> #<~%> NIL #<unavailable argument> NIL)
91: (SB-FORMAT::INTERPRET-DIRECTIVE-LIST #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL
*TERMINAL-IO* {915C2C1}> (#<~%>) (32933) NIL)
92: (SB-FORMAT::%FORMAT #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL *TERMINAL-IO*
{915C2C1}> "~&;; Swank started at port: ~D.~%" (32933) (32933))
93: (FORMAT #<SYNONYM-STREAM :SYMBOL *TERMINAL-IO* {915C2C1}> "~&;;
Swank started at port: ~D.~%")
94: (SWANK::SIMPLE-ANNOUNCE-FUNCTION 32933)
95: (SWANK::SETUP-SERVER 0 #<CLOSURE (LAMBDA (SWANK::PORT)) {C481565}>
:SPAWN NIL :UTF-8-UNIX)
96: (SWANK:START-SERVER "/tmp/slime.18179" :STYLE NIL :DONT-CLOSE NIL
:EXTERNAL-FORMAT :UTF-8-UNIX)
97: (SB-INT:EVAL-IN-LEXENV (SWANK:START-SERVER "/tmp/slime.18179"
:EXTERNAL-FORMAT :UTF-8-UNIX) #<NULL-LEXENV>)
98: (INTERACTIVE-EVAL (SWANK:START-SERVER "/tmp/slime.18179"
:EXTERNAL-FORMAT :UTF-8-UNIX))
99: (SB-IMPL::REPL-FUN NIL)
100: ((LAMBDA NIL))
101: ((LAMBDA NIL))
102: (SB-IMPL::%WITH-REBOUND-IO-SYNTAX #<CLOSURE (LAMBDA NIL) {A7C3C6D}>)
103: (SB-IMPL::TOPLEVEL-REPL NIL)
104: (SB-IMPL::TOPLEVEL-INIT)
105: ((LABELS SB-IMPL::RESTART-LISP))

debugger invoked on a SIMPLE-ERROR in thread #<THREAD "initial thread"
{A7C4489}>: Maximum error nesting depth exceeded

Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:QUIT) to exit from SBCL.

restarts (invokable by number or by possibly-abbreviated name):
  0: [ABORT] Exit debugger, returning to top level.

(SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-STREAM-PERROR "couldn't write to ~S" #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM
for "the terminal" {A7C4821}> 32)
0]
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