[r13277][1] now places the control of the elision of PRINT-OBJECT representation of otherwise an unspecialized JAVA-OBJECT by the value of JAVA:*JAVA-OBJECT-TO-STRING-LENGTH*. [1]: http://trac.common-lisp.net/armedbear/changeset/13277 The addresses the problem Blake McBride reported as follows (in an email that mysteriously didn't make it to the armedbear-devel list) On 5/14/11 03:19 , Blake McBride wrote:

I am trying to pretty-print an object. I'm getting:

#(#<java.lang.reflect.Field private static final long com.ar... {6666F55B}> #<java.lang.reflect.Field public static final java.lang.St... {43D027D5}> #<java.lang.reflect.Field public static final java.lang.St... {7CDF3533}> #<java.lang.reflect.Field public static final java.lang.St... {221DE751}> #<java.lang.reflect.Field public static final java.lang.St... {593D8856}>)

I need to be able to see the "..." parts in order to debug a problem I am having. I tried virtually every combination of printer control variables I could think of with no changes at all.

I have also changed the elision character sequence from "..." to "...." to avoid confusing users that this has anything to do with the standard pretty printer variables (*PRINT-LENGTH* uses "..." to indicate its elision). -- "A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare to it now."