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Hermes Gambit shows ambiguous error when reading a non-existant spell #342
Description
steps:
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use Introspection and Retrospection to put a nonsense pattern on the iota.
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use Hermes's Gambit to cast it.
result:
Hermes's Gambit itself appears red, and the error message "That pattern isn't associated with any action" makes it look like Hermes's Gambit doesn't exist.
Activity
[-]Hermes shows confusing error when reading incorrect spell[/-][+]Hermes Gambit shows confusing error when reading incorrect spell[/+][-]Hermes Gambit shows confusing error when reading incorrect spell[/-][+]Hermes Gambit shows ambiguous error when reading a non-existant spell[/+]gamma-delta commentedon Dec 24, 2022
Planning to fix this by prefixing every mishap with the name of the action that caused the error (right now it's done ad-hoc per mishap, makes debugging spell circles extremely frustrating)
object-Object commentedon Dec 27, 2022
I think it would also help to have a "traceback" for mishaps, for debugging nested meta-eval.
poolcritter commentedon Jul 12, 2026
as in printing a summary of the continuation?
Robotgiggle commentedon Jul 16, 2026
Fixed in #951