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Re: A useful trick in recursive debugging.

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albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) writes:

> In article <7xr3wk8thd.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com>,
> Paul Rubin  <no.email@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) writes:
>>>           S[ 3 1 ]
>>>              S[ 4 3 0 ]
>>
>>How do you locate the boundaries between DS frames without
>>pushing/popping DSP on the return stack with every function call?
>
> With a .S at the start and the entry of a recursive call, all
> intermediate stack prints are more indented. So those two line
> up vertically. That is often enough. After all .S is not much
> more than a simple debugging tool.

Oh I see, that output was from a separate call to .S at each level.

Does the .S somehow distinguish between recursive calls and ordinary
calls?  I.e. do you get indentation if you're 4 levels deep in normal,
non-recursive calls?  I suppose it's fine either way.

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A useful trick in recursive debugging. albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-11-30 17:10 +0000
  Re: A useful trick in recursive debugging. Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-11-30 09:54 -0800
    Re: A useful trick in recursive debugging. albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2014-11-30 20:04 +0000
      Re: A useful trick in recursive debugging. Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-11-30 12:36 -0800

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