diff --git a/debug/compilation/tmp.scm b/debug/compilation/tmp.scm
index fd763223..803fb27d 100644
--- a/debug/compilation/tmp.scm
+++ b/debug/compilation/tmp.scm
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
            (error "unknown ast" ast))))
 
   (define (cps-list asts inner)
+(trace:error `(cps-list ,asts ,inner))
     (define (body x)
       (cps-list (cdr asts)
                 (lambda (new-asts)
@@ -93,6 +94,10 @@
           ((or (const? (car asts))
                (ref? (car asts)))
            (body (car asts)))
+          ;; testing, probably won't work if prim calls into a cont
+          ;((prim-call? (car asts))
+          ; (body (car asts))) ;; TODO: does nothing, not what we want!
+          ;; END testing
           (else
            (let ((r (gensym 'r)))
              (cps (car asts)
@@ -133,3 +138,11 @@
   (my-cps-convert
    '((define test (lambda (a$3 b$2 c$1) (write (cons (+ a$3 b$2 c$1) (- a$3 b$2 c$1))))) ((lambda () 0 (test 1 2 3))))
 ))
+
+(trace:error
+  (my-cps-convert
+   '((define test (lambda (a$3 b$2 c$1) (write 
+    (cons
+      ((lambda (x y z) (list x y z)) 1 2 3)
+      (cons (+ a$3 b$2 c$1) (- a$3 b$2 c$1))))) ((lambda () 0 (test 1 2 3))))
+)))