printv

Purpose
Assist debugging by printing forms and the results of evaluating them to *trace-output*.

Package   :gbbopen-tools (home package is :module-manager)

Module   :module-manager

Arguments and values

Returns
The values returned by evaluating the last form.

Description
Evaluates forms, printing the form and the result values of each evaluation to *trace-output*. Any form that is a string (before evaluation) is simply printed without enclosing double-quote characters.

See also
    object-address

Examples

  > (printv (list 1 2) (list 3 4) '"A string" 
            "Return multiple values:" (values 5 6))
  ;;  (list 1 2) => (1 2)
  ;;  (list 3 4) => (3 4)
  ;;  '"A string" => "A string"
  ;; Return multiple values:
  ;;  (values 5 6) => 5; 6
  5
  6
  > (printv *package* (object-address *package* 't))
  ;;  *package* => #<The GBBOPEN-USER package>
  ;;  (object-address *package* 't) => "71b32f5a"
  "71b32f5a"
  >

Note
This variable is defined in the :module-manager module in order to make it available as early as possible.

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