[plt-scheme] Hang in macro stepper when macro expansion does not terminate

On Sep 2, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Ryan Culpepper wrote:

> On Sep 2, 2009, at 5:53 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
>
>> Sadly Ryan thinks that the macro stepper should execute the code  
>> through which you step. I am hoping that everyone on this list can  
>> help me convince him that this shouldn't be the case ...
>>
>> Use STOP to kill the execution as normal.
>
> Matthias: This is not about nonterminating execution. It is about  
> nonterminating expansion.
>
> Brian: Clicking Stop is supposed to interrupt expansion. I'll try to  
> see why it isn't working. BTW, what platform do you see the problem  
> on?

Sorry, I forgot to include those details in my original message. I'm  
using PLT 4.2.1 on OS X. When I click Stop the first time, the macro  
stepper appears, but then it hangs again for a long time. It seems  
that the longer I let it go before clicking "Stop", the longer it  
takes for the stepper to appear. When I first tried this, I had let it  
run for a while, and so when I clicked Stop I thought it had hung  
entirely.

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