Hi,
Yes, the method is called again by the printing code.
For this, there is #haltOnce.
put
Halt once.
and enable it via the system menu (or Halt enableHaltOnce).
Marcus
On Mar 4, 2013, at 7:41 PM, Paul DeBruicker <[email protected]> wrote:
> If in Pharo-1.4 I put a halt in a printOn: method (e.g.
> Interval>>#printOn: ) and then printIt
>
> Interval from: 0 to: 200
>
> I get an endless loop of
>
>
> Halt
> Interval(Object)>>halt
> Interval>>printOn:
> Interval(Object)>>printStringLimitedTo: in Block: [:s | self printOn: s]
> String class(SequenceableCollection class)>>streamContents:limitedTo:
> Interval(Object)>>printStringLimitedTo:
> MethodContext>>printDetails: in Block: [receiver printStringLimitedTo: 90]
> BlockClosure>>on:do:
> BlockClosure>>ifError:
> MethodContext>>printDetails:
> MethodContext(ContextPart)>>errorReportOn:
> Halt
> Interval(Object)>>halt
> Interval>>printOn:
> Interval(Object)>>printStringLimitedTo: in Block: [:s | self printOn: s]
> String class(SequenceableCollection class)>>streamContents:limitedTo:
> Interval(Object)>>printStringLimitedTo:
> MethodContext>>printDetails: in Block: [receiver printStringLimitedTo: 90]
> BlockClosure>>on:do:
> BlockClosure>>ifError:
> MethodContext>>printDetails:
> MethodContext(ContextPart)>>errorReportOn:
> Halt
> Interval(Object)>>halt
> Interval>>printOn:
> Interval(Object)>>printStringLimitedTo: in Block: [:s | self printOn: s]
> String class(SequenceableCollection class)>>streamContents:limitedTo:
> Interval(Object)>>printStringLimitedTo:
> MethodContext>>printDetails: in Block: [receiver printStringLimitedTo: 90]
> BlockClosure>>on:do:
> BlockClosure>>ifError:
> MethodContext>>printDetails:
> MethodContext(ContextPart)>>errorReportOn:
>
>
>
>
> Is there a common way to debug printing statements?
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul
>
