Re: How does one find a loop in a gettable chain?

[Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>]

2016-02-18 21:33 GMT+02:00 Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com>:
> I'm getting the following error:
>
>    gettable chain too long; possible loop
>
> It's difficult to locate the error by my usual technique
> of sprinkling print statements around. This may be
> a case where the debug library is needed.
>
> The traceback is of little use. It contains only the
> outermost call, which is almost the only statement
> in the main chunk.

Thanks to Sean, Philipp and Ignacio, the error has been found.
In the process, I have tried out some magnificent tools that
can do much more than find this silly mistake.