On May 23, 5:49 am, "Hugo Duncan" <duncan.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 22 May 2011 18:09:50 -0400, Jason Wolfe <ja...@w01fe.com> wrote: > > 1. The usual repl entry point is not used, and so, e.g., (set! *warn- > > on-reflection* true) fails. > > Thanks, I raised an issue to track this > https://github.com/hugoduncan/swank-clj/issues/8 > > > 2. I could not figure out a way to browse exception chains. > > Typically the "real" stack trace for an exception is reached by > > repeatedly calling .getCause on the exception until the innermost > > exception is reached, but right now I can't see how to access causes > > in the swank-clj debugger. For example try: > > There is no support for exception chains. The reasoning behind this is > that swank-clj can catch the original exception, before it gets caught and > re-thrown in the program. At the moment, there is some rigid filtering of > exceptions that means in some cases the original exception is not caught. > > I am hoping that improved (user modifiable) filtering of exceptions based > on thrown type, throw location and catch location, will obviate the need > for handling exception chains in the interface. Does that sound > reasonable?
Is the advantage of doing it this way that the stack frames are still intact, so you can get access to the locals etc.? That makes sense; but having a sane default that doesn't swallow unexpected exceptions or expose expected ones also seems key. I don't know enough to guess whether a simple policy like "only show exceptions that would be caught by clojure.*" would be good enough -- and if it's not perfect, a way to see causes might be a handy backup. > > If you want, I'm happy to help out on these. Thanks for the great > > work! > > All help appreciated - if you can, I would prefer pull requests from > feature branches. There is lots to be done, especially around adding test > cases to get the project to the point where we can make changes with > confidence. > > Raising issues for broken slime features would also be useful. > > -- > Hugo Duncan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
