Re: [BLACKBOX] Pause or single-step a program

From: Douglas G. Danforth <"Douglas>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 15:12:35 -0700

----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1488226198_-_- Content-type: text/plain Stephen, Here is another thought. {([at]})nowhere.xydisplays the values of the global variables in the module whose name is selected '{([at]})nowhere.xy I know that is not what you really want but looking at the source code for DevDebug.ShowGlobalVariables I see that it uses ShowGlobals which is passed a Kernel.Module. You might be able to make a personal copy of DevDebug and modify it to allow you to dump the variables you desire at selected points in your code. Just a thought. -Doug Danforth On 9/2/2011 2:19 PM, Stephen R. Troy wrote: Dear List, I need to debug a program. I want to be able to pause normal execution so I can examine the values of certain variables, then resume execution. I can see an obvious way to do it, by calling a procedure that will execute a loop until the value of a global Boolean variable changes. But since this requirement must have come up before, I hoped somebody could suggest a more elegant method. Thanks for any suggestions. Steve Troy ---- To unsubscribe, send a message with body "SIGNOFF BLACKBOX" to LISTSERV{([at]})nowhere.xy ---- To unsubscribe, send a message with body "SIGNOFF BLACKBOX" to LISTSERV{([at]})nowhere.xy ----boundary-LibPST-iamunique-1488226198_-_- Content-type: application/rtf Content-transfer-encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rtf-body.rtf" e1xydGYxXGFuc2lcYW5zaWNwZzEyNTJcZnJvbWh0bWwxIFxkZWZmMHtcZm9udHRibA0Ke1xmMFxm c3dpc3NcZmNoYXJzZXQwIEFyaWFsO30NCntcZjFcZm1vZGVybiBDb3VyaWVyIE5ldzt9DQp7XGYy XGZuaWxcZmNoYXJzZXQyIFN5bWJvbDt9DQp7XGYzXGZtb2Rlcm5cZmNoYXJzZXQwIENvdXJpZXIg TmV3O319DQp7XGNvbG9ydGJsXHJlZDBcZ3JlZW4wXGJsdWUwO1xyZWQwXGdyZWVuMFxibHVlMjU1 O30NClx1YzFccGFyZFxwbGFpblxkZWZ0YWIzNjAgXGYwXGZzMjQgDQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzE5IDxo dG1sPn0NCntcKlxodG1sdGFnMiBccGFyIH0NCntcKlxodG1sdGFnMjQyICAgfQ0Ke1wqXGh0bWx0 YWczNCA8aGVhZD59DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzEgXHBhciB9DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzI0MSAgICAgfQ0K e1wqXGh0bWx0YWcxIFxwYXIgfQ0Ke1wqXGh0bWx0YWcyNDEgICB9DQp7XCpcaHRtbHRhZzQxIDwv 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