SLIME who-calls errors out with 'nesting exceeds max-lisp-eval-depth'

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Using Spacemacs 0.105, all packages updated.

Using Slime's who-calls on a symbol errors out with nesting exceeds max-lisp-eval-depth.

I've tried setting the eval-depth with

(setq max-lisp-eval-depth 10000)

That then gives me this error: Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

So then I tried setting that as well

(setq max-specpdl-size 32000)

Which then gives me the eval-depth error again, so it's just going round in circles.

Any ideas?

There is an error, setting max-lisp-eval-depth won't help. You need to find and fix the error. Let's say there is an infinite recursion, setting the eval depth to infinity still won't help. — Rainer Joswig, Feb 07 '16 at 11:49
I've tried running `who-calls` on numerous other code bases, not just mine, the error is still there. I even tried `(defun fun-1 () (fun-2)) (defun fun-2 () '1)` and ran `who-calls` on `fun-2`, it just errors out. — momo, Feb 07 '16 at 11:56
So this seems to be related to Spacemacs, since running my old init file makes the command work. I'll bring it up with them. — momo, Feb 07 '16 at 12:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 08 '16 at 20:42

I tried this with my emacs with slime

the functions code as you suggested is:

(defun fun-1 () (fun-2)) 

(defun fun-2 () '1)

then put the cursor after each functions and press C-x C-e

with that you evaluate this expressions

Then the function that you're looking for is slime-who-calls

M-x slime-who-calls [ret]

type fun-2

it will open a new buffer with this

(No location)
  FUN-1

adding a capture

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