+1 Aloi, I agree with your statemet: "Most of my frustration was trying to extract the information out of Idea". The usability of the debugger can be greatly improved (e.g. inspector for standard Collection classes).
Tal > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Thomas Singer > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 5:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Eap-features] Threaded Debugging > > > +1 (if it's possible, it would be cool) > > Tom > > At 07:04 20.11.01 -0500, you wrote: > >I just spent the last 1/2 hour tracking down a deadlock problem I was > >lucky enough > >to capture in the debugger. > > > >It should have taken 5 minutes. Most of my frustration was trying to > >extract the > >information out of Idea. I think this is an area ripe for improvement. > > > >What I would like to see is a formatted view of the set of locks > and waits > >in the > >system. This view would contain the threads that Have the lock and the > >threads that > >are waiting on the lock. It would be organized by lock and by > thread (so > >I could flip > >back and forth between the two views (or better yet, have them up > >side/by/side). > > > >Each place where we show a thread waiting on a lock, or having the lock, > >the code > >would be navigable to that point where the lock was acquired (the > >synchronized > >statement, or synchronized method), or where the thread is currently > >waiting on the > >lock. > > > >I think idea has all the information needed to provide this kind of > >view. Clearly this > >would only be available during debugging, and only while the program is > >stopped. > > > >Comments? Is it even feasible? If not, I'll drop the thought > immediately. > > > >Mike > >--- > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To obtain my PGP public key, mail "SEND PUB KEY" in the > >subject to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Eap-features mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-features mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
