*trace-print-level*
controls the depth to which nested objects are printed during output from tracing. If its value is a positive integer then components at or above that level are suppressed. By definition an object to be printed is considered to be at level 0, its components are at level 1, their subcomponents are at level 2, and so on.
*print-level*
is bound to the value of
*trace-print-level*
while printing tracing information. If
*trace-print-level*
is
nil
then objects are printed without regard to depth.
USER 8 > (trace append)
APPEND
USER 9 > (dotimes (i 10) (setq li (if (zerop i)
nil
(list i li))))
NIL
USER 10 > (append li '(a b))
0 APPEND > ((9 (8 (7 (6 #)))) (A B))
0 APPEND < ((9 (8 (7 (6 #))) A B))
(9 (8 (7 (6 (5 (4 (3 (2 (1 NIL)))))))) A B)
LispWorks User Guide and Reference Manual - 21 Dec 2011