[slime-devel] Re: CMUCL Flow control

[Helmut Eller]

* Madhu [2008-08-22 00:14+0200] writes:

> Helu
>
> You may recall unanswered issues I've raised in the past where
> incorrect SLIME code crashes CMUCL and buries it in an ldb prompt.  I
> suspect this has not been addressed in the recent overhaul of the
> communication code and believe bug can be illustrated [in current CVS
> with the following steps]
>
> In the repl, type
>
> ,----
> | CL-USER> (inspect (make-instance 'standard-object))
> `----
>
> This responds with an assertion failed, in the [possibly buggy] repl
> code refuses to accept input. Then prints:
>
> ,----
> | #<STANDARD-OBJECT {5894AE15}> is an instance of #<STANDARD-CLASS STANDARD-OBJECT
> |                                                   {2831D1C5}>.
> | >
> `----
>
> At the > prompt enter `q' RET
>
> At the REPL hit C-c 4 times.
>
> Slime loses the connection and CMUCL is dead in ldb> 
>
> Is this reproducible by others?  

Not for me.  I don't see failed assertions with 19E-pre2.

Helmut.