Re: [plt-scheme] debugging [mini rant]

On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Paulo J. Matos might have said:

> On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 16:40 -0700, Gregory Cooper wrote:
> > > When trying to use DrScheme debug function, values most of the times
> > > print outside the allocated space for it, making it basically useless.
> > > If I can't inspect values, the debugging is useless with the exception
> > > of being able where the code if flowing to.
> > 
> > If you right-click on a bound variable, or on the green execution
> > marker (when it's at the end of an expression), a menu pops up with
> > the option to print the expression's value to the REPL.  Admittedly,
> > this is a long way from the sort of value-inspection capability that
> > would ideally be available, but it does overcome the immediate problem
> > you've described, and it might be possible to extend the mechanism
> > into something richer over time.
> > 
> > Greg
> 
> You're right... that is possible... but when you would like to inspect a
> set of variables, doing that for each of them is pretty annoying. Mainly
> imagine stepping from let loop which changes 10 variables... If at each
> step you have to do that for all the 10 variables, it's easier to just
> write a printf to print them all at each step.

And, for my needs, right clicking is not possible through ssh. :(

Mike
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