Re: Where is the backtrace?

[Ian Price]

Panicz Maciej Godek <address@hidden> writes:

>> (define (f) (define (g) (define (h) ((lambda x (cdr x)))) (h)) (g))
>> (f)
> <unnamed port>:13:0: In procedure #<procedure 24df3a0 at <current
> input>:13:0 x>:
> <unnamed port>:13:0: In procedure cdr: Wrong type argument in position
> 1 (expecting pair): ()
>
> Entering a new prompt.  Type `,bt' for a backtrace or `,q' to continue
>
>> ,bt
> In current input:
>      13:0  0 (#<procedure 24df3a0 at <current input>:13:0 x>)
>
> Why isn't the information about the subsequent procedures tracked? Do
> they all get inlined?

scheme@(guile-user)> ,optimize (define (f) (define (g) (define (h) ((lambda x 
(cdr x)))) (h)) (g))
$2 = (define (f) (cdr '()))

So, yes.

Though not relevant to this case, there is also another important factor
in your code, which is that all function calls are tail calls. So even
if you turned off optimisation, you would not see a complete backtrace.

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