Neil,
I think that would be great. I already have a DEBUG config opt for
Inline::Java and it's really useful.
One thing I want to do is make it support levels (say 1-5) to control the
verbosity of the output.
To be frank I don't really use the
$ perl -MInline=info,force,noclean foo.pl
notation that much. I usually edit my script to add option like this
use Inline (
Java => ...
PRINT_INFO => 1,
FORCE_BUILD => 1,
...
) ;
I guess it's probably just a matter of getting used to it...
Cheers,
Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Watkiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brian Ingerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 1:51 AM
Subject: -MInline=DEBUG?
> Hi Brian,
>
> What about adding another inline shortcut, 'DEBUG'? This is not an
> interactive debugger, just a chance to tell ILSMs that they're being
> debugged. For instance, I'd like to have Inline::CPP print out lots of
> information if someone's trying to figure out why their class isn't
getting
> bound to Perl:
>
> $ perl -MInline=info,force,noclean foo.pl
>
> <-----------------------Information Section----------------------------->
>
> Information about the processing of your Inline C++ code:
>
> Your source code needs to be compiled. I'll use this build directory:
> /home/nwatkiss/dev/cpan/Inline-CPP/_Inline/build/_01basic_t_5cd2
>
> and I'll install the executable as:
>
/home/nwatkiss/dev/cpan/Inline-CPP/_Inline/lib/auto/_01basic_t_5cd2/_01basic
_t_5cd2.so
>
> The following C++ classes have been bound to Perl:
> class Soldier {
> Soldier::Soldier(char * name, char * rank, int serial);
> char * Soldier::get_name();
> char * Soldier::get_rank();
> int Soldier::get_serial();
> };
>
> The following C++ functions have been bound to Perl:
> Soldier::Soldier(char * name, char * rank, int serial);
> char * Soldier::get_name();
> char * Soldier::get_rank();
> int Soldier::get_serial();
>
> <-----------------------End of Information
Section------------------------>
>
> But it would be nice to also be able to say this:
>
> $ perl -MInline=info,force,noclean,debug foo.pl
>
> <---------DEBUGGING-------->
> Inline::CPP::grammar: returned the grammar
> Inline::CPP: created a new Parse::RecDescent parser
> Inline::CPP: parsing code
> parse: IDENTIFIER
> parse: saw a class definition for 'Soldier'
> ....
> parse: okay
> Inline::CPP: generating bindings
> Inline::CPP: fatal error in foo!
> <---------END DEBUGGING-------->
>
> What do you think? And for people on the list -- would you use this? How
> well-used are the existing shortcuts?
>
> Later,
> Neil
>
