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Re: Debugger?

To keep the effort of logging at a minimum, I'd suggest to break down the
logging itself into a handler, like

property doLog:true
property doBreak:true

on LogIt(logWhat)
if doLog is true then
log logWhat
end if
end LogIt

on BreakIt(TellMe)
if doBreak is true then
display dialog TellMe
end if
end BreakIt

That way, logging and breaking could be turned on an off just by setting the
properties. No need to out comment any log or display dialog.




> Ordinarily I belong to the logging school and never bother with
> debuggers.
>
> But I find logging frustrating in AppleScript because I end up spending
> so much time figuring out in each special case how intermediate values
> need to be referred to to not cause an arcane error. This is more the
> individual apps responsibility than Applescripts, but nonetheless...
>
> In any case, the debugging features are glowingly featured in the ASS
> Marketing Crap; the fact that a year later they still don't actually
> work is YABM for Apple.
>
>
> On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 01:21 PM, klaus umland wrote:
>
>> I find it rather easy to get along without a working debugger In AS
>> Studio,
>> even with complex scripts. Whenever one needs to know about a value
>> just log
>> it and its there in the run log. If you want it to break, use display
>> dialog.
>>
>> I think bringing the debugger to life here would only make sense if it
>> would
>> offer the possibility to alter script code while the app is running,
>> without
>> recompiling it.
>>
>>
>>
>>> the debugger does sort of work, but has a bug when you have global
>>> declarations in your script. Add the number of globals to the line
>>> number where you want to break and set the breakpoint there and it
>>> breaks.
>>>
>>> Code inspection when stepping into script object handlers doesn't work
>>> very well. You can still single step and inspect values (if you
>>> explicitly declare them using local, which you also have to do in SD)
>>> but you can't see where you are in the code.
>>>
>>> Perusing the archives shows that the issues have been reported
>>> numerous
>>> times on this list, over many months. So don't hold your breath.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 02:45 AM, Neil Faiman wrote:
>>>
>>>> So, is there *any* debugging capability for AppleScript Studio? I
>>>> haven't been able to set breakpoints (well, I can set them, they just
>>>> don't do anything), examine variables, or see where I am when an
>>>> error
>>>> happens. I've assumed that the supposed debugging capability just
>>>> isn't implemented, but thought I ought to make sure that I'm not just
>>>> making a dumb mistake.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Neil Faiman
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