[plt-scheme] Getting source positions in MzScheme error messages

On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 16:42 -0500, Jim Blandy wrote:
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> 
> How can I get a source location along with my error message in an
> MzScheme script?
> 
>     $ cat bug.scm
>     (car '())
>     $ mzscheme -r bug.scm
>     bash: mzscheme: command not found
>     $ plt mzscheme -r bug.scm
>     car: expects argument of type <pair>; given ()
>     $
> 
> I'm sure this is a FAQ, but the MzScheme folks seem to quite admirably
> forgo having a FAQ document in favor of having organized and current
> manuals.  I'm happy to read, but I've not found anything.

Use the errortrace magic module, like this:

        $ echo "(car '())" >> bug.scm
        $ mzscheme -M errortrace -r bug.scm 
        car: expects argument of type <pair>; given ()
        /home/gmarceau/bug.scm:1:0: (car (quote ()))
        
This will give you a stack trace of the location of the crash. It works
wonders in an emacs' compilation buffer. 

   M-x compile RET mzscheme -M errortrace -r bug.scm

then

  C-x `

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