debugmode(true) not helpful, was: Error loading stringproc
Subject: debugmode(true) not helpful, was: Error loading stringproc
From: Robert Dodier
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:28:02 -0600
On 4/25/08, Alasdair McAndrew <amca01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Trying to do some work with strings, in Maxima 5.15.0 (clisp), I got:
>
> Load failed for
> /usr/share/maxima/5.15.0/share/contrib/stringproc/stringproc.lisp
>
> When I set debugmode(true) and tried to load stringproc again:
This is a separate issue, but can we just get rid of the bit of advice
that is attached to every error message:
"To debug this try debugmode(true);"
I have encountered very few errors for which debugmode(true) was
any help at all. I guess if the functions in question are Maxima
functions instead of Lisp functions, the debugger can help.
But all core functions are Lisp functions so debugmode(true) is
at best a distraction.
Can we just cut out the "To debug this try debugmode(true);" message?
best
Robert Dodier