Re: load-port error?

[Neil Jerram]

>>>>> "Dale" == Dale P Smith <address@hidden> writes:

    Dale> Stefan Petersen wrote:
    >>  Hello Martin,
    >> 
    >> On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Martin Grabmueller wrote:
    >> 
    >> > > I tried to use port-column and port-line and getting port
    >> from > > current-load-port, but current-load-port returned #f.
    >> > > I think current-load-port is only defined during the
    >> loading > operation, so when do you try to get at it?  In the
    >> handler?
    >> 
    >> Yes, I try to access in the error handler. I looked at the
    >> guile source and there is some kind of "port swapping" going on
    >> that I don't understand.


    Dale> Yes. I found this out too.  If you (debug-enable 'backtrace)
    Dale> you get better error messages, but I don't thing there is
    Dale> any way to get at the line and column from the handler.

Is this anything to do with having readline activated?  I noticed
recently that, interactively, you get the line and column only if
readline is not activated:

address@hidden neil]$ guile -q
guile> (d)
standard input:1:1: In expression (d):
standard input:1:1: Unbound variable: d
ABORT: (unbound-variable)

Type "(backtrace)" to get more information or "(debug)" to enter the debugger.
guile> (use-modules (ice-9 readline))
guile> (activate-readline)
guile> (d)
ERROR: In expression (d):
ERROR: Unbound variable: d
ABORT: (unbound-variable)
guile> 

Regards,
        Neil