[slime-devel] Avoid low apply limit

[Lynn Quam]

Raymond Wiker replied:
>  Lynn Quam writes:
...
>  > 
>   > It would be nice if there was some better control of the printing of
>   > arrays.  *PRINT-ARRAY* allow for arrays to always be printed or never
>   > be printed.  What would be useful is a variable *PRINT-ARRAY-SIZE*
>   > that says to print arrays whose number of elements is less than or
>   > equal to *PRINT-ARRAY-SIZE* and *PRINT-ARRAY* in non-NIL.  (I seem to
>   > recall that the Lisp Machines had such a variable, but I cannot recall
>   > its exact name.)

>          Can't *print-length* be used?

Neither CMUCL nor Allegro use *PRINT-LENGTH* to control the number of
elements printed for an array.  Furthermore, the Common Lisp HyperSpec 
says nothing about arrays in its description of *PRINT-LENGTH*.