Hi, when using Python I usually execute my programs within IPython by using the %run command, which executes a given script with the given arguments, but keeps all of the defined variables in the namespace after execution. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any fully equivalent command for the Julia REPL. I know about include(), but I couldn't figure out how to give command line arguments to the script, which I want to run (i.e. the stuff which is saved in the ARGS array).
Additionally, IPython provides the handy %pdb command, which automatically opens the ipython debugger when an exception is thrown (i.e. it's an exception breakpoint). This is also a very nice feature to quickly investigate errors. I know that Julia doesn't have a full-blown debugger yet (besides debug.jl), but nevertheless this would be a nice future feature for the REPL once there is a Julia debugger. Alternatively, I would be interested in your current first-run-and-debug workflow. I like to write my code in vim but ifter execution I want to directly investigate the state of my program using the REPL. Best, Martin
