#+sb-doc
"Print a description of OBJECT to STREAM-DESIGNATOR."
(let ((stream (out-synonym-of stream-designator))
- (*print-right-margin* (or *print-right-margin* 72)))
+ (*print-right-margin* (or *print-right-margin* 72))
+ (*print-circle* t)
+ (*suppress-print-errors*
+ (if (subtypep 'serious-condition *suppress-print-errors*)
+ *suppress-print-errors*
+ 'serious-condition)))
;; Until sbcl-0.8.0.x, we did
;; (FRESH-LINE STREAM)
;; (PPRINT-LOGICAL-BLOCK (STREAM NIL)
;; here. (The example method for DESCRIBE-OBJECT does its own
;; FRESH-LINEing, which is a physical directive which works poorly
;; inside a pretty-printer logical block.)
- (describe-object object stream)
+ (handler-bind ((print-not-readable #'print-unreadably))
+ (describe-object object stream))
;; We don't TERPRI here either (any more since sbcl-0.8.0.x), because
;; again ANSI's specification of DESCRIBE doesn't mention it and
;; ANSI's example of DESCRIBE-OBJECT does its own final TERPRI.