Why is *print-circle* set to T by default? WAS: grinding, etc.
Subject: Why is *print-circle* set to T by default? WAS: grinding, etc.
From: Stavros Macrakis
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:50:23 -0400
I would recommend setting *print-length* and *print-level* pretty high.
After all, the point here is simply to avoid infinite output, not to make
it more readable. Real algebraic expressions easily hit even those limits.
Say 100 and 20?
-s
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:36, Raymond Toy <toy.raymond at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/9/11 11:20 AM, Richard Fateman wrote:
> > I think the proper solution is to set *print-circle* to nil, but
> > *print-level* to some modest number, like 5 or even 10.
> I want to see this get into the upcoming release.
>
> So in summary, we want *print-circle* be NIL again. And we want
> *print-level* to be set. Shall we say 10? Should we leave
> *print-length* alone?
>
> (In some of my debugging, *print-level* of 10 is too small; I sometimes
> make it 20 or even 50, because the part I want to see is nested pretty
> deeply. But it's ok if the default is 10.)
>
> Ray
>
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