Re: Bug #1 - (debug-disable 'debug) has no effect ...

[Neil Jerram]

>>>>> "Marius" == Marius Vollmer <address@hidden> writes:

    Marius> Neil Jerram <address@hidden> writes:
    >> This bug has been fixed in unstable CVS, by removing the lines at the
    >> end of (ice-9 debug) that unconditionally enable debugging.  Is there
    >> any reason why we shouldn't fix it in the same way on the stable
    >> branch?

    Marius> This change would be too far reaching for a supposedly
    Marius> stable program.  Debugging wouldn't be turned on when
    Marius> people expect it.

I'm not convinced.  How can people be expecting debugging to be turned
on after having explicitly said `(debug-disable 'debug)' in their
.guile file?  Also note that the fix only affects REPL usage, not
programs run using `guile -s'.

If you are concerned about `trace' not working, we could add
`(debug-disable 'debug)' into the definition of `trace'.

I'd say it's a bug, and that it would be better to squash it now than
to support strange expectations through 1.6.x.

        Neil