Index: ChangeLog
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RCS file: /project/slime/cvsroot/slime/contrib/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.184
diff -u -r1.184 ChangeLog
--- ChangeLog	27 Feb 2009 21:39:32 -0000	1.184
+++ ChangeLog	28 Feb 2009 22:08:52 -0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-02-28  Stas Boukarev  <stassats@gmail.com>
+
+	* swank-arglists.lisp (variable-desc-for-echo-area): Print
+	values of special variables readable, not aesthetic.
+
 2009-02-27  Tobias C. Rittweiler  <tcr@freebits.de>
 
 	* swank-arglists.lisp (read-conversatively-for-autodoc): Make it
Index: swank-arglists.lisp
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RCS file: /project/slime/cvsroot/slime/contrib/swank-arglists.lisp,v
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -u -r1.29 swank-arglists.lisp
--- swank-arglists.lisp	27 Feb 2009 21:38:20 -0000	1.29
+++ swank-arglists.lisp	28 Feb 2009 22:09:03 -0000
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
                 (*print-length* 10) (*print-lines* 1))
 	    (call/truncated-output-to-string 
 	     75 (lambda (s)
-		  (format s "~A => ~A" sym (symbol-value sym)))))))))
+		  (format s "~A => ~S" sym (symbol-value sym)))))))))
 
 (defun decode-required-arg (arg)
   "ARG can be a symbol or a destructuring pattern."