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Re: Debugging with PSD
From: |
Neil Jerram |
Subject: |
Re: Debugging with PSD |
Date: |
28 Jun 2001 18:45:58 +0100 |
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>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Wawrzinek <address@hidden> writes:
Thomas> Hi! address@hidden writes:
>> I'm interested in putting some time into getting Guile
>> debugging working. Would you (plural) say that PSD provides a
>> good definition of what you are looking for in a debugger?
>> What are the most important debugging features?
Thomas> Just a quick overview. PSD has (in its own tiny command
Thomas> language): [...]
Thomas> What is missing from my point of view (much inspired by
Thomas> gdb):
Thomas> * Conditional breakpoints * Watchpoints * Finish * A
Thomas> command language to define new commands and possibly run
Thomas> loops etc
Thanks for the input! I have a plan in mind that will cover - I think
- all of this. (Details coming soon to guile-devel...)
Thomas> Then, I would want R5RS compliance (maybe only tedious
Thomas> work, for arbitrary large values of 'only'), and support
Thomas> for syntax-case/syntax-rules macros, and that's probably
Thomas> very difficult ...
Yes. My plan so far uses the traps that the evaluator provides; I'm
not sure what that will mean for macros, either R5RS or defmacro, but
it'll be easy enough to try it out and see.
Neil