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1 : anton 1.1 \ Simple debugging aids
2 :    
3 : anton 1.17 \ Copyright (C) 1995,1997,1999,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 : anton 1.1
5 :     \ This file is part of Gforth.
6 :    
7 :     \ Gforth is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
8 :     \ modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
9 : anton 1.18 \ as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
10 : anton 1.1 \ of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
11 :    
12 :     \ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 :     \ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 :     \ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 :     \ GNU General Public License for more details.
16 :    
17 :     \ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 : anton 1.18 \ along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
19 : anton 1.1
20 :    
21 :     \ They are meant to support a different style of debugging than the
22 :     \ tracing/stepping debuggers used in languages with long turn-around
23 :     \ times.
24 :    
25 :     \ IMO, a much better (faster) way in fast-compilig languages is to add
26 :     \ printing code at well-selected places, let the program run, look at
27 :     \ the output, see where things went wrong, add more printing code, etc.,
28 :     \ until the bug is found.
29 :    
30 :     \ We support fast insertion and removal of the printing code.
31 :    
32 :     \ !!Warning: the default debugging actions will destroy the contents
33 :     \ of the pictured numeric output string (i.e., don't use ~~ between <#
34 :     \ and #>).
35 :    
36 :     require source.fs
37 :    
38 : crook 1.4 defer printdebugdata ( -- ) \ gforth print-debug-data
39 : anton 1.1 ' .s IS printdebugdata
40 : anton 1.7 defer .debugline ( nfile nline -- ) \ gforth print-debug-line
41 : anton 1.10 \G Print the source code location indicated by @var{nfile nline}, and
42 :     \G additional debugging information; the default @code{.debugline}
43 :     \G prints the additional information with @code{printdebugdata}.
44 : anton 1.1
45 : anton 1.7 : (.debugline) ( nfile nline -- )
46 :     cr .sourcepos ." :"
47 : anton 1.1 \ it would be nice to print the name of the following word,
48 :     \ but that's not easily possible for primitives
49 :     printdebugdata
50 :     cr ;
51 :    
52 : anton 1.19 stderr value debug-fid
53 :     \ file-id to output debugging stuff to
54 :    
55 : anton 1.7 ' (.debugline) IS .debugline
56 : anton 1.1
57 : anton 1.19 : .debugline-directed ( nfile nline -- )
58 :     ['] .debugline debug-fid outfile-execute ;
59 : anton 1.14
60 : anton 1.10 :noname ( -- )
61 : anton 1.19 current-sourcepos .debugline-directed ;
62 : anton 1.10 :noname ( compilation -- ; run-time -- )
63 : anton 1.19 compile-sourcepos POSTPONE .debugline-directed ;
64 : anton 1.12 interpret/compile: ~~ ( -- ) \ gforth tilde-tilde
65 : anton 1.10 \G Prints the source code location of the @code{~~} and the stack
66 :     \G contents with @code{.debugline}.
67 :    

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