1. RE: CLARIFYING TRACE COMMAND
Pete Lomax wrote:
> Is there any way to change the trace pretty print mode?.
No.
> On a related note, I have changed database.e as follows:
> pretty_print(fn, key, {2, 2, 8}) --PL was 1,2,8
> pretty_print(fn, data, {2, 2, 9}) --PL was 1,2,9
> It would be nice if db_dump's second parameter was an object; if
> integer behave as now else allow a sequence to define several
> different options, in my case the pretty print format
> would be one of them.
Maybe that's better for your purposes,
but some people would hate to see sequences
of small integers 32-127 displayed as ASCII characters only.
I guess I see most uses of pretty_print(),
whether for tracing or dumping database data, as
being for quick debugging purposes,
rather than ultra-pretty display with fine control.
(e.g. for the end user of your program).
It's not that hard to go through each record in your
table, or each element of a sequence,
and format the data as you like, with printf().
You know the format that makes sense for each piece of data.
pretty_print() doesn't, and I don't want to
allow for every imaginable option.
> When viewing the trace, it would also be rather nice to be able to
> cursor back up a large structure.
Thanks. I'll consider that.
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
