LD-PRE-EVAL-FILTER

Major Section:  MISCELLANEOUS

Ld-pre-eval-filter is an ld special (see ld). The accessor is (ld-pre-eval-filter state) and the updater is (set-ld-pre-eval-filter val state). Ld-pre-eval-filter must be either :all, :query, or a new name that could be defined (e.g., by defun or defconst). The initial value of ld-pre-eval-filter is :all.

The general-purpose ACL2 read-eval-print loop, ld, reads forms from standard-oi, evaluates them and prints the result to standard-co. However, there are various flags that control ld's behavior and ld-pre-eval-filter is one of them. If the filter is :all, then every form read is evaluated. If the filter is :query, then after a form is read it is printed to standard-co and the user is asked if the form is to be evaluated or skipped. If the filter is a new name, then all forms are evaluated until that name is introduced, at which time ld terminates normally.

The :all filter is, of course, the normal one. :Query is useful if you want to replay selected the commands in some file. The new name filter is used if you wish to replay all the commands in a file up through the introduction of the given one.