Hi Ben, hmmm, good thought. Seems to me that the right solution is in the primitive simulations in Context>>tryPrimitive... or Context>>doPrimitive... (*) so that the debugger process isn't terminated, but the process being debugged is.
(* at my phone right now so don't have the code to look at to answer the correct selectors) _,,,^..^,,,_ (phone) > On Apr 8, 2017, at 7:23 AM, Nicolai Hess <nicolaih...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 2017-04-08 6:46 GMT+02:00 Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com>: >> >> >>> On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote: >>> >>> I imagine a newcomer exploring the system could easily step off the end of >>> the debug stack like this... >>> >>> (1 printString) "debugIt" >>> then StepOver six times where the image hangs at "Processor terminateActive" >>> >>> This could have a strong impact against first impressions. >>> What would it take to guard against this? >>> >>> cheers -ben >> >> As an immediate stop-gap I'm adding the following comment to >> BlockClosure>>newProcess >> >> "IMPORTANT! Debug stepping this deep infrastructure may lock your Image" >> "If you are not sure what you are doing, close the debugger now." >> >> cheers -ben > > > +1 >