Fwd: Re: [Announce] Second Alpha release of a Lua debugger

[Steve Heller <steve@...>]

I apologize if this appears twice, but I'm not sure I
sent it from a subscribed address before.

--- Steve Heller <steveheller@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:41:07 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Steve Heller <steveheller@sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [Announce] Second Alpha release of a
> Lua debugger
> To: Lua list <lua@bazar2.conectiva.com.br>
> 
> 
> --- Rici Lake <lua@ricilake.net> wrote:
> 
> > Steve Heller wrote:
> > > --- Rici Lake <lua@ricilake.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > >>> 2. How do I actually use breakpoints? I don't
> > seem
> > >> to be able to get
> > >>> them to do anything. I can set them, but then
> if
> > I
> > >> do a "c" to
> > >>> continue, they seem to be ignored. Also, if I
> > call
> > >> "ldb()" to invoke
> > >>> the debugger, then try to do "s" or "n", I get
> a
> > >> message "Not inside
> > >>> breakpoint". Do you have an example of how to
> > use
> > >> them?
> > >>
> > >> Yeah, I should have explained that better. The
> > >> documentation lags the
> > >> code a bit, but I'm trying to finish it all up
> in
> > my
> > >> spare time this
> > >> week.
> > >>
> > >> Basically, the easiest way to use breakpoints
> is
> > to
> > >> start the program
> > >> you're debugging with the ldb script included
> in
> > the
> > >> distro. You just
> > >> do:
> > >>    ldb myprog.lua #arguments if any
> > > 
> > > Maybe I'm just dense, but it doesn't look as
> > though
> > > arguments are being passed to "myprog.lua". I
> > looked
> > > at the code but didn't see exactly how that
> works.
> > Do
> > > I need a literal "#" in the line before the
> > arguments,
> > > or what?
> > 
> > They should be being passed in the 'arg' global,
> as
> > usual.
> > 
> > I had forgotten that the Lua standalone passes
> > arguments to
> > the chunk as well, available in ...
> > 
> > I've added this feature to ldb-break in CVS.
> 
> Thanks. I'll download the latest version.
> 
> I also have another question: exactly how do I set a
> breakpoint in a file? I've tried this:
> 
> b
>
d:/dev/atb/core/trunk/lib/atb/custom/bac_6m/filters/experian/acaps_ecbm_filter2.lua:18
> 
> and the same with the / changed to \. I don't get an
> error message, but I also don't get a breakpoint at
> that line.
> 
> > It does not yet handle lua-interpreter style
> option
> > arguments
> > (-i -l etc.), and it would be really nice if it
> used
> > readline
> > to do i/o. But it doesn't, yet :)
> 
> 
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