call_function() and callers()

Pavel Curtis (pavel@parc.xerox.com)
Mon, 22 Apr 1996 10:44:29 PDT


Brian Buchanan writes:
> Using call_function() to call a builtin which calls verbs (move(),
> specifically, but probably create() and recycle() too) causes the callers()
> list to be erroneous.  When I do call_function("move",#2,#11), #11's
> enterfunc sees the callers() stack as {{#-1, "call_function", #-1, #-1, #2},
> ... }.  It would be a lot more consistent and acurate perhaps if it looked
> like {{#-1, "move", #-1, #-1, #2}, {#-1, "call_function", #-1, #-1, #2},
> ... } IMO.

Arguably correct, but nontrivial to implement.  I won't be trying to fix this
on my watch.  Maybe the next maintainer...

	Pavel