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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:24:15 -0400
From: ISHWAR RATTAN <rattan@cps.cmich.edu>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] OT: Acid question?
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acid: *(main:a\D)

produces:
<stdin:23:(error) colon: local variable not found

-ishwar


On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:

> *(main:a\D)
>
> /sys/doc/acid.ps
> /sys/doc/acidpaper.ps
>
>> I am trying to learn how to use acid for source
>> level debugging using the built-in functions. I waould like
>> to know how to display/exmine the varibales used in the
>> program. Sample code for context:
>>   void main()
>>   {
>>     int a, b, c;
>>     a = 12;
>>     b = 21;
>>     c = a + b;
>>     print("c: %d\n", c);
>>     exits(nil);
>>   }
>>
>>   program is compiled and acid is called on the image:
>>   acid: new()
>>   ..
>>   acid: bpset(print)
>>   ..
>>   acid: next()
>>   ..
>>   at this point a = 12 has been executed. How to examine
>>   the value in acid?
>>
>> -ishwar
>