Re: [MacPerl] Debugger

[Strider <Strider@baka.com>]

Thanks! Some of my stuff is UNIX based- I'll hafta look at them, too.

- Strider

At 4:43 PM -0400 7/6/98, Fred Terry wrote:
>At 2:12 PM -0400 7/6/98, Strider wrote:
>> I've been looking for a specific kind of debugger, and I'm hoping maybe
>> someone here knows where I can find it. The sort I'm looking for is a lot
>> like the Supercard debugger, if anyone's used that.
>>
>> What I'm looking for is a debugger which displays each line of code as I
>> step through it, passing into subroutines, all the while displaying all
>> initialized (non-system) variables someplace, and updating them as they
>> change. This sort of thing is the most invaluable sort of debugger I've
>> found, although (of course) it only works once a primary debugger has been
>> run for syntax, etc.
>>
>> Please let me know if you find something like this for PERL, or if you're
>> interested in such a thing. I'm going to write one if I don't find it.
>
>I know exactly what you mean. I've been spoiled by Script Debugger and
>the Think Pascal debuggers.
>
>Aside from perldb, the only other thing I know of is the debugger
>built with perltk (http://world.std.com/~aep/ptkdb/). Has perltk
>been ported to MacPerl? There was some traffic on the list in 1996
>and there is a page at http://w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkPORT.html,
>but I haven't been able to find anything else.
>
>If you decide to write something else, count me in for testing/help.
>
>pf




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