Carl Taylor <carltaylor@att.net> wrote:
+---------------
| CL-USER 1 > 
| (handler-case (/ 123 0)
|      (error (condition)
|          (format *error-output* "~2%~6T~S~#%" condition)
|           nil))
| 
| 
|       #<DIVISION-BY-ZERO 200BB04B>
| NIL
+---------------

One usually wants "~A" here instead of "~S", since "~S" usually
just prints the unreadable object, while "~A" ("aesthetic format")
often prints much more useful information, e.g.:

    > (handler-case (/ 123 0)
        (error (condition)
          (format *error-output* "~&~A~%" condition)))

    Arithmetic error DIVISION-BY-ZERO signalled.
    Operation was KERNEL::DIVISION, operands (123 0).

    NIL
    > 

Of course, how much more depends on the implementation, but...


-Rob

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