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author | Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@lilypond.org> | 2007-01-19 20:05:18 +0000 |
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committer | Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@lilypond.org> | 2007-01-19 20:05:18 +0000 |
commit | 19ab431ea1900cc66120637c0f4abec0636555b7 (patch) | |
tree | be74d57d101ec8bff8a63fa2bf6d330db9ff0293 /doc/ref/api-debug.texi | |
parent | 72f19c26469dc95fbb6bf42e9443ac4d3379fd69 (diff) | |
download | guile-19ab431ea1900cc66120637c0f4abec0636555b7.tar.gz |
* api-options.texi (Evaluator trap options): document
memoize-symbol-handler
* api-evaluation.texi (Evaluator Behaviour): link to the Evaluator
trap options node in trap-enable/trap-set! doco.
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ref/api-debug.texi b/doc/ref/api-debug.texi index 5f816dc46..68c202266 100644 --- a/doc/ref/api-debug.texi +++ b/doc/ref/api-debug.texi @@ -615,14 +615,21 @@ Invoke the Guile debugger to explore the context of the last error. @cindex Low level trap calls @cindex Evaluator trap calls -Guile's evaluator can be configured to call three user-specified -procedures at various points in its operation: an -@dfn{apply-frame-handler} procedure, an @dfn{enter-frame-handler} -procedure, and an @dfn{exit-frame-handler} procedure. These procedures, -and the circumstances under which the evaluator calls them, are -configured by the ``evaluator trap options'' interface (@pxref{Evaluator -trap options}), and by the @code{trace} and @code{breakpoints} fields of -the ``debug options'' interface (@pxref{Debugger options}). +Guile's evaluator can be configured to call the following four user-specified +procedures at various points in its operation. + +@table @dfn +@item apply-frame-handler +@item enter-frame-handler +@item exit-frame-handler +@item memoize-symbol-handler +@end table + +These procedures, and the circumstances under which the evaluator +calls them, are configured by the ``evaluator trap options'' interface +(@pxref{Evaluator trap options}), and by the @code{trace} and +@code{breakpoints} fields of the ``debug options'' interface +(@pxref{Debugger options}). It is not necessary to understand the fine details of these low level calls, and of the options which configure them, in order to use the |