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Retrieving code from implementation

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ebie

#1 Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:23 am

I had an accident and a lost a file I had loaded into SBCL from my editor

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Is it possible to retrieve the code from the still running implementation and dribble it back to a text file?

Thanks!

nuntius Administrator

#2 Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:59 am

Re: Retrieving code from implementation

I don't think so. SBCL in particular does a lot of optimizations. With a less optimizing lisp, the debug info can be more helpful.

You can save the SBCL image though. Then you can reload it multiple times, incrementally trying to replace the lost code or query sbcl's memory.

Does your editor use any *~ or #*# files for backups?

For real-time help, you can query the guys on #lisp (irc.freenode.net); sbcl-devel would have better answers but a longer lag.

ebie

#3 Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:20 am

Re: Retrieving code from implementation

nuntius wrote:Does your editor use any *~ or #*# files for backups?

Why yes it does.

Thanks Nuntis