On Thu, Mar 19 2020, Nicholas Papadonis wrote: > I'm running the Mit REPL and editing a file test.scm. > > In the test.scm buffer: > (display "test") > > C-x C-e > > Under the mode line displays: > => #!unspecific > > C-u C-x C-e > (display "test") #!unspecific > > Is this expected behavior?
yes. the expression (display "test") evaluates to the value #!unspecific. printing to the standard output is a side effect, not the value returned by the expression. > > In the REPL display works: > (display "test") > test > ;Unspecified return value in geiser it also "works". the standard output should appear in a buffer called *Geiser dbg*. for guile for instance, it has the appearance: (display "foo") => #<unspecified> foo but it seems stdout is not fully implemented for MIT, and that's why you don't see it. cheers, jao -- Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. -Fred Brooks
