Hi Martin, On Wed, 21 May 2014 20:41:25 -0500 "Martin G. McCormick" <mar...@server1.shellworld.net> wrote:
> I have a large perl script that checks clean when > running perl -c scriptname. It also executes when called without > throwing error messages but suddenly, any line I give it while in the > debugger initially reports "Line [any_number] not breakable. > Well, your problem would be hard to diagnose without more information: 1. What is your version of perl? 2. How did you build and install it? 3. What is your operating system? 4. Where can I find this code of yours? Can you provide a reproducing example? (You can send it to me in private if you want). See http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html . I'm asking because I recently did quite a lot of work on cleaning up the perl debugger, refactoring it, adding tests, fixing bugs and enhancing it (also as part of a Perl Foundation grant), so I have some interest in making sure it is usable. Regards, Shlomi Fish > I can load the script with perl -d scriptname, type a > few n's to go past the calls for use net::dns and other called > modules until I get to the beginning of execution and then I can > type b someline# that is supposed to be breakable and it takes > it and traces normally. > Has anybody ever seen this behavior before? > Normally you get something similar to it if you try to > debug broken code and have failed to check syntax. Fixing the > syntax opens everything up again but this behavior I am seeing > now is unusual especially since the code even runs. > > What I am asking is what sort of construction can cause > all executable lines to initially deny the setting of break > points even though the code still runs? > > It might be a great feature to include in code one was > providing to others if they wanted to discourage reverse > engineering. Of course I am somewhat joking, but the effect > right now is to make trouble-shooting a large hassle. > I have not added any new perl modules to this script in > a long time and up until a few days ago, it debugged normally > when one needed to do so. > > Thanks for any suggestions as to what to look for. > Martin McCormick > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Optimising Code for Speed - http://shlom.in/optimise We don’t know his cellphone number, and even if we did, we would tell you that we didn’t know it. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
