Re: Debugger support (Re: Slashdot article)

[Asko Kauppi <asko.kauppi@...>]

For me, this seems like the right approach (having separate host & 
client).  Embedded world will love it, no doubt. :)  Btw, LuaPlus 
already sports this approach, but the client is bound to be 
VisualC++/Windows based.

Could you use luaSocket for the communication?  Many/most gadgets 
actually using Lua might be having TCP/IP connection as well, at least 
for the debugging phase.

What we need is a standard here. :)
-ak


14.6.2004 kello 18:31, Tom Spilman kirjoitti:

>  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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