Quoting Sean Champ (gimmal@gmail.com):
I was compiling CXML, in SBCL 0.9.15. I noticed that the compiler kept "getting stuck", when compiling the file xml-name-rune-p. Upon looking at the
Give it time. It will finish eventually.
file, it appeared that the 'getting stuck' behavior may have had something to do with the #. form in the file.
You are probably compiling with a high DEBUG setting, causing SBCL to enable step-instrumentation. Solution: Use a lower DEBUG setting.
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