[Idle-dev] RE: idlefork - update, current tasks
Stephen M. Gava
elguavas@users.sourceforge.net
05 Jun 2002 10:49:34 +1000
Chui G. Tey wrote:
> Kurt is welcome to start first on the client/server problem. I work on
> idle opportunistically over weekends so KBK taking over for a few weeks
> would not be a problem. I will be busy with other things for at least a
> few weeks, so KBK's help would be appreciated.
>
> However, I'd suggest getting the breakpoints working again would be more
> useful, and would be a good way to get familiar with the code. It would
> also improve the speed of remote debugging, since single stepping would
> not be necessary. Single stepping through the remote debugger is
> actually not too slow if stack trace and locals() watch is turned off.
Sounds like a good thing to move on first. Kurt?
> Being able to query variables when stepping through code is a very
> useful concept.
> I attach a screenshot of how this is implemented in Visual Basic.
> http://www.zope.org/Members/teyc/VB_ImmediateWindow.gif
Agree that's a very useful ability to have. Thankfully available in way
more places than just vb though. ;^)
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Stephen M. Gava <elguavas@users.sourceforge.net>
IDLEfork ( http://idlefork.sourceforge.net ) " just like IDLE, only
crunchy "