[MIT-Scheme-devel] Procedure names in the unparser

[Matt Birkholz]

> From: <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:43:31 +0200
> 
> Hello Schemers!
> 
> I just happened across the following exchange:
> 
> 1 ]=> false?
> 
> ;Value 13: #[compiled-procedure 13 ("boole" #x1) #x14 #xb2d8f4]
> 
> I've been wondering oftentimes why compiled procedures only show an
> index and a "package" and *not* their actual name. Is there a real
> reason for this? It would help me tremendously in debugging if the
> unparser for that procedure actually included the string "false?"
> anywhere...

You can

    (set! load-debugging-info-on-demand? #t)

but you will see "not" instead.