Re: PLEASE: debugging embedded guile code

[Neil Jerram]

>>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Korb <address@hidden> writes:

    >> One thing I'm not sure I understand is why you want (or perhaps need)
    >> to do this lazy-catch in C rather than in Scheme, since it would be
    >> much easier in Scheme.  Can you explain?

    Bruce> The need is to be able to point our clients to problems in the
    Bruce> Scheme code.  We (or, at least, I) know where in our client's
    Bruce> input we are when we hand a string off to Guile for evaluation.
    Bruce> I'd like to be able to tell Guile what the current file name
    Bruce> and line number so that when it emits an error message, Guile
    Bruce> can refer to our client's source file.  As it is, I have to
    Bruce> set an atexit routine.  All it is able to tell is that Guile
    Bruce> called exit(3C) and it must now emit a generic "this is where
    Bruce> we were when Guile called exit" message:

Now you've really lost me, I'm afraid.  Why don't you use a catch,
either in Scheme or in C, to catch the error?

        Neil