On Friday, October 12, 2012 9:18:57 PM UTC+5:30, Jordon Bedwell wrote: > > On Friday, 12 October 2012 10:33:05 UTC-5, Fahim Patel wrote: >> >> As we use binding.pry , but we use same debugger in ruby debugger. >> And as per my knowledge debugger do same thing as binding.pry.If not than >> explain ? >> > > They do. But there is a distinction in that one's only goal is to debug, > the other is a cross-over tool who is stuck between deciding on if it's a > REPL or a debugger. By nature it has debugging tools but by theory it's > just a more advanced way to test concepts without needing to jump in and > out of the terminal (unless you use VI or other) to test ideas. > > Most at #pry will probably not deny that Pry is a Debugger just as they > will most probably not deny that Pry is a REPL which makes it a tranny (I > had to) cross-over tool. I remember Banister working hard to bring more > debugging tools into Pry but I haven't talked to him for a while so I don't > know if that's still the case. > > So to address your question, I prefer Pry 90% of the time, I test all my > concept code in Pry before writing it so I can work out pieces of the idea > and make sure they are as bug free as possible without full testing, I also > use it to debug pieces of code. So hopefully this explains what I mean. >
Thanks thanks lot for reply..... i will use pry now. But one question raised when u used this lines, which as follows :- 1. Pry is a REPL 2. cross-over tool What this lines means. Regards Fahim Babar Patel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/2vulXCOyBH0J. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
