[Chicken-janitors] Re: #117: printing of circular objects does not terminate when shown by `describe'

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#117: printing of circular objects does not terminate when shown by `describe'
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 Reporter:  felix       |       Owner:  ckeen   
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  minor       |   Milestone:          
Component:  core tools  |     Version:  4.2.x   
 Keywords:              |  
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Changes (by ckeen):

  * owner:  => ckeen
  * status:  new => accepted


Comment:

 Ok, testcases:

 (define p '( a . b))
 (set! (cdr p) p)
 (define l (cons 'c p))

 With the patch:
 #;1> ,d l
 circular list: c -> a ->  a (circle)
 #;2> ,d p
 circular list: a ->  a (circle)

 I think, that this does ease the situation, although there might be cases
 where this does not do the right thing?

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Ticket URL: <http://www.irp.oist.jp/trac/chicken/ticket/117#comment:2>
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