[Openmcl-devel] documentation from the string to the error print

[Janusz Podrazik]

What I am trying to do is to include function documentation from the string to the error print.

(defMacro do-quietly (&body body) 
 `(let ((temp diagnose-verbose)
 (return-value nil))
 (handler-case 
 (progn
 (setq diagnose-verbose nil)
 (setq return-value (progn , at body))
 (setq diagnose-verbose temp)
 return-value)
 (error (c)
 (princ "ERROR! Check Arguments.")
 (print c)
 (setq diagnose-verbose temp)
 (abort)))))

(collect-sum '(a b c) 
3 > ERROR! Check Arguments.
#<type-error #x3020035FF37D> 

Now with (documentation function-name 'function) 

(defMacro do-quietly (name &body body)  ; with name 
 `(let ((temp diagnose-verbose)
 (return-value nil))
 (handler-case 
 (progn
 (setq diagnose-verbose nil)
 (setq return-value (progn , at body))
 (setq diagnose-verbose temp)
 return-value)
 (error (c)
 (princ "ERROR! Check Arguments.")
 (princ (documentation name 'function))
 (print c)
 (setq diagnose-verbose temp)
 (abort)))))

(defun collect-sum (n) 
"COLLECT-SUM (numbers)
 Returns the sum of the elements in a series of numbers.
 Examples:
 (collect-sum '(1 2 3 4)
 (collect-sum '(1 2 3 -4))"
 (do-quietly 'collect-sum  ;function name
 (reduce #'+ n)))

4 > ERROR! Check Arguments. 
> Error: Unbound variable: name
> While executing: collect-sum, in process Listener(13).
> Type cmd-. to abort, cmd-\ for a list of available restarts.
> Type :? for other options.

what I am looking for is: 

(collect-sum '( a b c) 
3 > ERROR! Check Arguments.
"COLLECT-SUM (numbers)
 Returns the sum of the elements in a series of numbers.
 Examples:
 (collect-sum '(1 2 3 4))
 (collect-sum '(1 2 3 -4))
"
#<type-error #x3020035FF37D> 


whats wrong? 
regards,

J--
MRAC Publishing
Janusz Podrazik

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