But we cannot all start doing different things, right ?
There should be some design and structure, that is why I am asking.

On 01 Oct 2014, at 15:59, Esteban Lorenzano <[email protected]> wrote:

> cool thing of this new inspector is that is super easy to extend with what 
> you want 
> So wouldn’t be complicated to add that functionality :)
> 
> Esteban
> 
> 
>> On 01 Oct 2014, at 15:51, Ben Coman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote:
>>> I am confused about the GTInspector State tab. What is its definition ?
>>> I would say that it shows the raw, fundamental, implementation form of the 
>>> object, in essence what EyeBasicInspector showed. And that additional tabs 
>>> offer alternative, more user friendly views.
>>> Why then does it not show all variable content and only named variables ?
>>> Try inspecting a [Byte]String or [Byte]Array. The State view is useless, it 
>>> just shows self. Some of these have an items view, but not all.
>>> How can I inspect an individual character of a String ? Or an individual 
>>> byte ?
>>> Consider a Float. The State view should show the two (meaningless) slots 
>>> because that is how Floats are (currently) implemented, and then another 
>>> tab should show the sign, mantissa, exponent view.
>>> In the Eye inspectors we also confused these two aspects in a single view, 
>>> which is wrong in hindsight, IMHO. It should be crystal clear for a user 
>>> whether a slot is real or an alternative view of describing the same thing.
>>> I could propose changes or a slice, but I think we should agree on the 
>>> definition of 'State' first.
>>> Sven
>> 
>> If its a raw slots view you want,
>> maybe that tab should be called 'Slots' ?
>> cheers -ben
>> 
> 
> 


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