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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 |