Re: Still no better trace eval
- Posted by gertie at visionsix.com
Feb 26, 2003
On 25 Feb 2003, at 19:20, Robert Craig wrote:
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> aku saya wrote:
> > Why is still not a such trace evaluation such as x[20]?
> > I think it is not very difficult for Rob to implement...
>
> It's not too hard, but in 2.4 you can display/scroll
> entire large sequences in pretty print mode.
>
> If I did implement x[20], you'd probably ask
> why x[i] doesn't work. Then I'd do x[i], and you'd
> ask why x[i+1] doesn't work. It would be
> hard to evaluate general expressions in the middle
> of debugging, without a major change to the interpreter.
Like string execution. Or threads and having a way to know where the vars
are stored and their names and contents so a new thread can go take care
of evaluatng things.
> Maybe some day...
/me sighs wistfully.
Kat
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