* Madhu [2008-04-28 03:51+0200] writes:
The default slime inspector used to support a variable called SWANK::*SLIME-INSPECT-CONTENTS-LIMIT*
which was useful if you had to inspect large objects for certain programs with some characterestics. This customization has been removed[1] by Helmut's patches of 2008-02-09, replaced with hardcoded behaviour which is a pain in the ass for a few use cases [that I commonly use I can elaborate on these, if someone is interested]
I would be interested.
Is there some way to get the earlier functionality before, specifically where the limit can be specified and used in the "dynamic extent" of an inspector session?
Using the old version or writing your own inspector are possible ways.
[1] Around July 2007, some [clueless] changes to the inspector broke this functionality, and I had reported these to the mailing list, and submitted my local patches, which were ignored until the functionality was removed.
As in the case of slime history behaviour, the concern here is that existing useful functionality has again been removed in the [false name] of simplifying things, and replaced with something significantly worse.
Not every feature is it worth have, but simplicity is not optional. Feel free to disagree.
Helmut.