[slime-devel] swank:*sldb-printer-bindings* binding *print-lines* to 10

[Tobias C. Rittweiler]

Helmut Eller <heller at common-lisp.net> writes:

> The output is also limited by a custom stream which throws out from
> write-string after 1000 chars or so.  I don't think that there is
> another general way to limit the output, because print-object methods
> can always write directly to the stream whithout going through te pretty
> printer.

>From what I see looking at the code, the custom stream is only used for
formatting the backtrace--which I have no problem with.

I, however, maintain my belief that it's a faux-past to truncate the
error /message/. Just imagine a random error occurs, you're thrown into
sldb, and for whatever reason the slime connection is
disconnected. _Very_ valuable information could be lost.

  -T.