Re: How do you think in Delphi can be improve debug usability?
From: Jim Rowell (x_at_y.com)
Date: 01/28/05
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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:08:58 -0500
"mamcx" <thismail@notexist.com> wrote in message
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> We are in a point where write code is almost fast. With color&
> refactoring& put "." dude get the list of thing i feel done. But always
> i read and know that debuging take the most part of the day. And i hate
> debugging so much, because is very hard. So, this my list of how get a
> decent debugging experience:
>
> - Kill watch/inspect/evaluate. R.I.P on them. Let me see a simple debug
> vision: Integrate all of them. Why sometimes watch a var (a simple one,
> like a string) is disable in watch, but i can in Inspect or Evaluate?
> Watch List is SO USELESS. Except for local variables i don't get much of
> it. But Inspect is MORE USELESS. Bring the correct data but not work the
> next time the code enter the method where the var exist, so close it
> then inspect it again (because is tied to the adress of them, i think)
I agree wholeheartedly with your entire list! Especially the first point. I
use long strings and arrays quite often (several thousand characters) and
because they are assembled from complex logic, I often need to inspect them
when debugging. It's a pain with the current setup. I often insert code to
display the contents but there always seems to be some intermediate step I'd
like to see when debugging. I'd like a way to show the entire contents in an
edit window or at least send to the clipboard more easily than the current
allows. Something like put the mouse pointer on a var, right-click and
select "Dump".
BTW, This might also be a good one for Castalia to consider.
Jim Rowell
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