RE: Debugger support (Re: Slashdot article)

["Tom Spilman" <tom@...>]

> A 'real debugger' is fine for a standalone script, but much 
> less usable for a script called from within another program, 
> be it Apache (and
> mod_perl/mod_php) or my application calling Lua.

 I've been working on a Lua debugger on and off and have been thinking about
issue.  The debugger GUI itself uses Lua-RPC to communicate with the target
lua code so it can be anywhere.  The question for me was how to get the RPC
server running in the debugging target.  

 I'm thinking of providing multiple options by supplying code that can be
linked in, pre-compiled C libraries, and a dynamic C library that can be
connected via LoadLib.  I suspect that one of these three methods would work
for just about any situation.

  Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br 
> [mailto:lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br] On Behalf Of Paul Smith
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 3:57 AM
> To: Lua list
> Subject: Re: Debugger support (Re: Slashdot article)
> 
> At 22:17 13/06/2004, Asko Kauppi wrote:
> 
> >Having proper debugger support (not only API, but a _real_ debugger) 
> >would have gained +10 points.
> >
> >Imho, this is currently a very high priority lack for Lua newcomers.
> >People just are used to proper tools, and -face it- when was 
> the last 
> >time you wrote print('something') in a script just to see..?  ;)
> 
> Erm, I use 'print' (or equivalent) in my Perl, PHP and Lua 
> programs. Having a 'real debugger' is all well and good, but 
> you've got to get it into the same environment as your real 
> script is used.
> 
> So, in Perl, PHP, most of the time I use these in web pages, 
> so I'd somehow have to get Apache to call my debugger and not 
> fall over whilst I'm stepping through the code..
> 
> With Lua, I'd have to, probably, compile the debugger into my 
> application and have a GUI for it to step through code.
> 
> A 'real debugger' is fine for a standalone script, but much 
> less usable for a script called from within another program, 
> be it Apache (and
> mod_perl/mod_php) or my application calling Lua.
> 
> 
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