Re2: Stepping through methods

[bill@cambridge.apple.com (Bill St. Clair)]

At 3:00 PM 12/3/94, Jeffrey B Kane wrote:
>> (trace ((:method karl (string)) :step t))
>
>Karsten,
>  Thanks for the hint.  I didn't see anything with regard to the ":method"
>keyword in CLtL and since you don't explicitly have to call the trace for
>normal functions, it didn't occur to me that I had to call it for methods.
>Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

It should also work if you (setq *compile-definitions* nil)
before executing the definition of the method that you wish
to step. (trace (<...> :step t) does this temporarily, if
it can find the source for the thing your stepping (this is
why *save-definitions* needed to be true while executing the
method in Karsten Poeck's example).