[Axiom-developer] [debugging Axiom]

[kratt6]

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-Fortunately, Axiom is rather easy to debug. Most of the source is very 
transparent, so once you have localized the bug there are mostly 
-"design issues":DesignIssues to overcome. However, to find out which function 
is bugged, there are some helpful tools. Let's use the following might-be-bug 
as a running example:
Fortunately, Axiom is rather easy to debug. Most of the source is very 
transparent, so once you have localized the bug there are mostly "design 
issues":DesignIssues to overcome. However, to find out which function is 
bugged, there are some helpful tools.
These consist of:

  - inspecting signatures of operations and packages, domains and categories 
using::
      
       )display operation foo
       )show mydomain

  - seeing which functions are called using ')set message bottom on'

  - using the "trace facility":HyperDocTracing

Let's use the following might-be-bug as a running example:

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