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Re: Debugger?

I've been using FaceSpan for years, but I don't really remember any kind of
debugger with it. The log window there was a mess on its own. Anyway I
thought it was dead at all, so the news that theres a new version coming
will at least make me give it a look.
In the meantime I appreciate what Apple has put together with AS Studio,
because it is a seamless integration of Cocoa and AS, although I have to
admit that the beloved object model of AS took some damage while they where
at it. It is not meant as a RAD for AS, like FaceSpan, it is a very cool
environment with AS sitting on top of Cocoa.
Comparing those two is like comparing apples and pears.
The more I use it, the more I like it. As it matures the debugger should be
fixed.
For what I would say, my wish list would contain other issues than a
debugger for AS.

Klaus

> John C. Welch :

> On Tuesday, 12 August, 2003, at 07:21, 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've got an application that started quitting for no real reason. It's
> got a couple of hundred lines. With a *real* debugger, i could have
> fixed this in a snap. I'm not running display dialog to try to catch
> this thing, when, from what I can tell, it was Studio that induced the
> bug. Luckily, I had a copy archived. One day, when i get a real
> debugger, i'll work with Studio again. But honestly, if the upcoming
> FaceSpan public beta gives me what I want, I'll be blowing Studio off
> my hard drive until they come out with a fully functional version.
>
>>
>> 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.
>
> Being able to step through code is a good thing, even if you don't use
> it ;-)
>
> john
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