Re: Trace functionality, or lack thereof. (refers to String thread also)
Patrick Barnes wrote:
> Problems I have with the trace system in Euphoria:
>
> 1. No way to see subscripts of sequences. "? myseq" works, but "? myseq[1]"
> does not.
> 2. No recursive references: "? myseq[i]"
> 3. No real way to keep particular variables in view.
> 4. No way to format sequences in a particular manner.
> 5. No way to see function return values unless explicitly assigned to a
> variable.
> 6. Outdated DOS interface (Minor, but aesthetically ugly, and difficult to
> use.
> 7. Limited flow control (No way to "run until this point")
> 8. (minor) Setting breakpoints "trace(1)" requires changing the source code,
> and cannot be done in the trace window, or without messing up line numbers.
> Perhaps offer an alternative method of having an external file .trc? which
> could be generated by the tracer, or hand-written.
>
> Now, a fully-featured GUI debugger would be a very nice thing. Rob, I can
> understand you're hard pressed keeping the Euphoria language regularly
> updated, and don't really have the time to devote to a big project like
> that. However, how about exposing the trace interface from the interpreter
> to an external program?
Bravo!
These are all valid criticisms, and I especially like the idea of publishing
the trace interface so someone other than RDS can write a fancy IDE/debugger.
Sadly, I don't think it's likely to happen.
Irv
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