Request: trace-define for non-procedures

[Michael D. Adams]

Currently trace-define gives an error when defining a non-procedure:

> (trace-define foo 1)
Unhandled exception
 Condition components:
   1. &assertion
   2. &who: trace-define
   3. &message: "not a procedure"
   4. &irritants: (1)

This limits the utility of tricks like (import (rename (ikarus) (trace-define define))) or similar if there are non-procedure defines involved.

I see two possibilities (there may be others). The first is the simply have trace-define be silent on non-procedures. The second is to have trace-define trace the evaluation of the right hand side when the right hand side is a non-procedure. The later may be a mildly interesting tracing information for tracking down errors being thrown in a long chain of non-procedure defines.

[Abdulaziz Ghuloum (aghuloum)]

Removed the error check in revision 1756. Thanks.