Re: [MacPerl] Debugger

[Fred Terry <pfterry@cadence.com>]

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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