[sorry for luke who is getting this twice] i found a possible bug in swank:eval-region where the package was being re-bound outside of the scope of test to see if the package had changed, the attached patch fixes this and makes the corrects the problem (for me at least). what i find strange is that if this "bug' really is a bug then how does slime work at all? Index: swank.lisp =================================================================== RCS file: /project/slime/cvsroot/slime/swank.lisp,v retrieving revision 1.88 diff -u -d -u -r1.88 swank.lisp --- swank.lisp 8 Jan 2004 07:02:20 -0000 1.88 +++ swank.lisp 9 Jan 2004 18:49:22 -0000 @@ -471,21 +471,21 @@ (force-output) (format-values-for-echo-area values))) -(defun eval-region (string &optional package-update-p) +(defun eval-region (string &optional (package-update-p t)) "Evaluate STRING and return the result. If PACKAGE-UPDATE-P is non-nil, and evaluation causes a package change, then send Emacs an update." - (unwind-protect - (do ((*package* *buffer-package*) - (str-length (length string)) - (pos 0) - (form nil) - (return-value nil (multiple-value-list (eval form)))) - ((= pos str-length) (values return-value form)) - (multiple-value-setq (form pos) - (read-from-string string nil nil :start pos))) - (when (and package-update-p (not (eq *package* *buffer-package*))) - (send-to-emacs (list :new-package (shortest-package-nickname *package*)))))) + (let ((*package* *buffer-package*)) + (unwind-protect + (do ((str-length (length string)) + (pos 0) + (form nil) + (return-value nil (multiple-value-list (eval form)))) + ((= pos str-length) (values return-value form)) + (multiple-value-setq (form pos) + (read-from-string string nil nil :start pos))) + (when (and package-update-p (not (eq *package* *buffer-package*))) + (send-to-emacs (list :new-package (shortest-package-nickname *package*))))))) (defun shortest-package-nickname (package) "Return the shortest nickname (or canonical name) of PACKAGE." -- Marco Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget the perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. -Leonard Cohen -- Marco Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget the perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. -Leonard Cohen