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Re: Single Step Debugging, why or why not?

From Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: Single Step Debugging, why or why not?
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Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> writes:
> Well, yes, but Forth itself is mutable: if you want conditional
> breakpoints or watchpoints you can modify the data access words or the
> compiler, so that it inserts trace points.  You don't need a separate
> debugger to help you because Forth is the debugger.

Is there a way to stop the program execution and give an interactive
prompt, so that the stacks and dictionary can be inspected, I guess from
another task?  That would be pretty cool.

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Single Step Debugging,  why or why not? Jason Damisch <jasondamisch@yahoo.com> - 2012-08-30 11:27 -0700
  Re: Single Step Debugging,  why or why not? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-08-30 08:42 -1000
  Single Step Debugging,  why or why not? Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-30 14:37 -0700
    Re: Single Step Debugging,  why or why not? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-08-30 14:26 -1000
      Re: Single Step Debugging, why or why not? Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-31 02:25 -0700
        Re: Single Step Debugging, why or why not? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-08-31 08:18 -1000
  Re: Single Step Debugging,  why or why not? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-30 18:48 -0700
    Re: Single Step Debugging, why or why not? Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-31 02:12 -0700
  Re: Single Step Debugging,  why or why not? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-08-31 08:54 +0000
    Re: Single Step Debugging,  why or why not? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-31 02:46 -0700
      Re: Single Step Debugging,  why or why not? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-08-31 05:56 -0500
        Re: Single Step Debugging,  why or why not? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-31 09:10 -0700
          Re: Single Step Debugging,  why or why not? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-08-31 11:33 -0500
            Re: Single Step Debugging, why or why not? Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-31 12:51 -0700
              Re: Single Step Debugging, why or why not? Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-08-31 23:23 +0200
              Re: Single Step Debugging, why or why not? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-31 15:42 -0700
                Re: Single Step Debugging, why or why not? Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-09-01 01:52 +0200
                Re: Single Step Debugging, why or why not? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-09-01 17:41 -0700
          Re: Single Step Debugging,  why or why not? Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2012-08-31 17:54 +0100
          Re: Single Step Debugging,  why or why not? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-08-31 08:22 -1000
          Re: Single Step Debugging,  why or why not? "Ed" <invalid@nospam.com> - 2012-09-03 22:15 +1000

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