[plt-dev] logging: strings vs. sexps

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Neil Van Dyke <neil at neilvandyke.org> wrote:

> I've found logging as sexps to be somewhat more convenient than strings, at
> least for debugging info.
>
> However, I'd want the formatting of sexps to strings to be done
> immediately, not asynchronously, lest values change in the meantime and
> compromise my debug info.
>
> Hi Neil,

can you elaborate a bit more on how would sexp and string differ in this
case?  Assuming your sexp contains only immutable objects, I am sure how the
value (and assuming you are refering to the sexp itself) would change.

Thanks,
yc
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