Catching the Notification stops it from popping up the syntaxErrorDebugger. 'AAA.st' asFileReference readStreamDo: [ :s | importer := CodeImporter fileStream: s. [ importer evaluateDeclarations ] on: SyntaxErrorNotification do: [ :e | â¦] ]. From: Pharo-dev [mailto:pharo-dev-bounces@lists.pharo.org] On Behalf Of Tudor Girba Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 11:25 PM To: Pharo Development List <pharo-dev@lists.pharo.org> Subject: [Pharo-dev] how to swallow a syntax error? Hi, I am having trouble making the compiler not be interactive when it encounters a syntax error. To reproduce the problem I attach here an .st file that has a funny character in the method name. If I file this in, like: âAAA.st<http://aaa.st>â asFileReference fileIn. I get a Syntax Error dialog. I would like to avoid that. After diving in, I noticed that I can tell the requestor of the CodeImporter to not be interactive, but that does not seem to have an effect: 'AAA.st<http://aaa.st>' asFileReference readStreamDo: [ :s | importer := CodeImporter fileStream: s. importer requestor interactive: false. importer evaluateDeclarations ] I also tried to play on the end of the SyntaxErrorDebugger, and replace it with something that logs the exception, but I was not successful because that one is expected to return a string that can be compiled. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Cheers, Doru -- www.tudorgirba.com<http://www.tudorgirba.com> www.feenk.com<http://www.feenk.com> "Every now and then stop and ask yourself if the war you're fighting is the right one."