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Re: Problem with dribble



Art Nuzzo <artn@bs724.comm.mot.com> writes:
> I think there is a problem with DRIBBLE in the May 97 version of clisp. I get
> the following error when trying to restart dribble after closing it.
> 
> > (dribble "dribble.log")
> #<STRING-CHAR-FILE-STREAM #"dribble.log" @1>
> > (dribble)
> #<CLOSED STRING-CHAR-FILE-STREAM #"dribble.log" @1>
> > (dribble "dribble.log")
> 
> WARNING:
> Already dribbling to #<SYNONYM-STREAM SYSTEM::*DRIBBLE-STREAM*>
> #<BROADCAST-STREAM>
> >
> 
> I believe this is caused by the variable dribble-file (in user2.lsp file) not
> being cleared when dribble is closed. To fix this I reset this variable to
> nil after closing the stream.

Thank you. Your bug fix will be integrated in the next release.

Btw, do you feel that the second call to (dribble "dribble.log") should
overwrite or append to the existing file?

Bruno