Re: [BLACKBOX] Post-mortem debugging (was: Serious bug in BlackBox)

From: [at]} <Chris>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 09:03:43 +0930

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: BlackBox [mailto:BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
>Oleg N. Cher
>Sent: Sunday, 23 May 2010 7:37 AM
>To: BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
>Subject: [BLACKBOX] Serious bug in BlackBox
>
>That contains THE SAME program text, but it traps on running:
>
>http://stefcr.mgslab.com/files/Trap.png
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>(Looks as hidden problem in StdInterpreter.Scan too difficult to find)
>

The more I think about it the more that statement puzzles me. I wonder if
you are aware how powerful the post-mortem debugger in BlackBox really is
e.g. that you can 'drill-down' by clicking on the active links indicated by
the blue diamonds?

It might just be one of those extremely useful features BlackBox that are
often not apparent if you haven't seen a demonstration of the system. e.g.
despite reading ALL the documentation once or twice, I had been using the
system for several years before I realised the usefulness of the Source,
Interface and Documentation items on the editor popup menu :-( In my
defence - they are not very visible as they are greyed out most of the time
- but that is another controversial subject altogether.

It reminds me of an enlightening experience I had in another life. I was
giving a presentation to the sales team of all the new features in the
latest version of the Windows application we had been been selling for about
five years. During the presentation I happened to press the F1 key to bring
up a context-sensitive Help screen to remind myself how something worked.
Everybody thought that was a new feature! We, as developers, were so used to
F1 Help being a standard part of any Windows application we hadn't thought
of mentioning it before.

Regards,
Chris Burrows

CFB Software
Astrobe: ARM Oberon-07 Development System
http://www.astrobe.com




  

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