Jacqueline Landman Gay a écrit :
>
> Pierre Sahores wrote:
>
> > No sure about debugging. Even if the mc debugger is clearly a little poor
> > (message path management), we have to remember that the hc debugguer (and, in a
> > minus part, the sc debugger) does just half the work the mc debugger does
> > because the hc xcmd/xfcn are on the mc side built-in command. I prefer,
> > personnaly, more of those best built-in commands than a too perfect debugger,
> > acting on just a small commands/functions library. Is that wrong ?
>
> Have you looked at the HyperCard debugger since version 2.3? There are
> so many features there that I miss in MetaCard. MC's debugger won't even
> let you abort the debugging process on command unless there is an error.
> MC won't let you see the full value of a multiple-line variable (!), and
> won't let you see the value of the contents of an array. For me, the
> ability to see the contents of variables is what debugging is all about.
I have to recognise that i don't do a big usage of debuggers, even on HC 2.41,
to trace my code.
> I would also like a message watcher like HyperCard's. Many problems in
> scripts could be easily debugged if the path a message is taking through
> the hierarchy were clearly displayed. MetaCard's message hierarchy can
> be confusing for people used to other scripting environments,
> particularly the way it handles background/group messaging.
About the way it handles background/group messaging and naming, it's some times
far buggs there...
> SuperCard's debugger allows you to flag a variable so that every time it
> occurs in any handler, the debugger will open. That's a feature I wish
> MC had too.
>
> The only way to achieve a lot of this functionality is to build the
> debugger into the engine rather than maintain it as a scripted stack. I
> think functionality would be greatly improved if that happened.
> MetaCard's debugger is the most useless of any of the three scripted
> environments I have worked with. Such a powerful program needs an
> equally powerful debugging tool.
That's realy right too, Scott.
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That's true, Jacque and it's probably because i'm working on web apps (no
debugger available at all, there) most of the time that i'm sometimes forgoting
how usefull can be a good old hc debugger ;-)
Kind Regards, Pierre Sahores
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