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Source for LIBLSP;DPRINT.FASL damaged #379

Closed eswenson1 closed 6 years ago

eswenson1 commented 7 years ago

DPRINT.FASL is compiled from ALAN; DPRINT 142. This file, however, is damaged. It has garbage at the beginning of the file, then the actual DPRINT 142 begins, but then ends in the middle of the INSPECT function.

We should see if we can find this source somewhere else. If not, we could remove the INSPECT function, which is documented as an "additional" feature (see LIBDOC; DPRINT ALAN), and then it will compile. However, it won't include the INSPECT capability for DEFSTRUCTS. Perhaps it is best to leave the DPRINT FASL un-recompiled until we can recover the pristine source.

larsbrinkhoff commented 7 years ago

Or, if we're really lucky, the missing data may be in another file.

eswenson1 commented 7 years ago

Good point. Most likely at the start of the next file in the dump tape.

larsbrinkhoff commented 7 years ago

SailDart may be another source of file replacements. Did a quick search for dprint, but didn't find anything obvious.

http://www.saildart.org/[MAC,LSP]/

eswenson1 commented 7 years ago

I also checked in the Multics lisp library and didn't find it.

eswenson1 commented 7 years ago

I noticed that the next file in the directory where DPRINT 142 lives (according to DIR.LIST) is a link, and the file after that appears undamaged. And the file after that (DZ11.6) is damaged, and while there is some lisp code at the head of that file (before the ;-*- Lisp line, it doesn't appear to be the "correct" code for the missing part (at the bottom) of DPRINT 142.

larsbrinkhoff commented 6 years ago

Source no longer missing.

larsbrinkhoff commented 6 years ago

@eswenson1, did you forget about this one?

eswenson1 commented 6 years ago

It looks like it is done. We’re compiling it in lisp.tcl. Right?

larsbrinkhoff commented 6 years ago

Right. Thanks!