Re: Getting local variable debug info from within a nested function.

[Rici Lake <lua@...>]

On 16-Jun-07, at 3:39 PM, Matthew Armstrong wrote:

> This thing is pretty f*%#ing cool!  Thanks for writing this.  It has 
> more features, and is easier to use than what I was trying to do, so 
> I'll definitely be using this.
>
> One small point:  Is there a way to print a table?  You can print the 
> keys, if you know them, but I didn't see a way of reflecting a table.
>
> I have a special print function (called ppr), which prints the first 
> level keys if the variable happens to be a table.  So I can say:
>
> exec ppr(myVar)
>
> This works ok for me, but I'm always looking for ways to lazyfy my 
> typing.

The easiest way to do it is to replace the definition of output in 
ldb_config.lua. That method defaults to print(), but you can override
it to do anything you like (although I suggest maintaining something
like the semantics of print(), at least in the sense that it can
receive multiple values.)

It would be very easy to define a ppr command; I'm planning on
using that as an example of advanced ldb configuration, before
I actually do a beta release.