* Madhu m3odjgs9zc.fsf@robolove.meer.net : | Here are two test cases for exposing the bugs: | | ;; In ~/.swank.lisp: | (setq SWANK::*SLIME-INSPECT-CONTENTS-LIMIT* 10) | | ;; | ;; CASE I | ;; | (defvar *ht* (make-hash-table :test #'eql)) | (loop for i below 20 do (setf (gethash i *ht*) (princ i))) | | Then M-x slime-inspect *ht* (C-c I *ht*) : | | The inspector window show: | |Contents: | |10 elements shown. Prompt for how many to inspect... | |Inspect all 20 elements. | | Choosing either of these two (bigger pieces action and entering the | value in the REPL) or inspect whole pieces action, does not change the | contents displayed in the inspector window, i.e. the number of items | displayed does not change. | | ;; | ;; CASE II | ;; | (defvar *array* (make-array 100 :initial-element nil)) | Then M-x slime-inspect *array* (C-c I *array*) | | The variable SWANK::*SLIME-INSPECT-CONTENTS-LIMIT* is not respected | and the whole contents of the array is printed.

The CASE II problem CMUCL specific and a result of a method (METHOD INSPECT-FOR-EMACS (SIMPLE-VECTOR SWANK-BACKEND::CMUCL-INSPECTOR)) in slime/swank-cmucl.lisp which does not honour *SLIME-INSPECT-CONTENTS-LIMIT*. I'll retract CASE II from my report.

| I'm guessing the following Changelog entry may apply, but haven't checked | or fixed the problem against HEAD. | <snip>

The Changelog entry reported as relevant is incorrect. I believe the correct entry is

2007-04-09 Marco Baringer mb@bese.it

• swank.lisp (inspector-content-for-emacs): Look for refresh

keyword argument in :action links. (inspect-whole-thing-action, inspect-show-more-action): Update for new :action argument handling. (inspect-for-emacs stream, inspect-for-emacs stream-error): Pass :refresh nil on :action links. (action-part-for-emacs): Set both lambda and refresh in the *inspectee-actions* array. (inspector-call-nth-action): *inspectee-actions* now holds both the function and the boolean specifying whether to refresh or not.

• swank-backend.lisp (inspect-for-emacs): Docstring update.

• slime.el (slime-inspector-operate-on-point): Allow the action

calls to return nil.

I confess not understanding the new protocol. However I Attach a quick fix which reverts the earlier hack for inspecting arrays and hashtables using the :replace keyword. (It also includes 2 minor cleanups)