Hello, I was trying to compile a function interactively (i.e. with ^C^C). It's a relatively long function. When I did it under slime, I got the following: * ;; Connection to Emacs lost. ;; [ Error in function LISP::ASSERT-ERROR: Short read: length=4191 pos=4093] The function uses XLIB and I shortened it by "using" XLIB and changing the xlib:<foo> calls to just <foo> calls. It then compiled without error. So I looked around and found another piece of code with a long function. It is over 10000 characters. The same thing happened: * ;; Connection to Emacs lost. ;; [ Error in function LISP::ASSERT-ERROR: Short read: length=13988 pos=4093] The error occurs in read-next-form in swank.lisp. Looks like the code isn't handling the transfer of more than one pipe-buffer-full of data. I'm using a very recent slime. -- Fred Gilham gilham@csl.sri.com Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity. It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down upon the beard, upon the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes. It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life for evermore. -Ps 133