From: Thorsten Ohl <ohl@hep.tu-darmstadt.de>
To: <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: [Caml-list] debugger backtracking/checkpoints
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:14:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <15338.41290.974934.699214@heplix4.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.30.0111071507340.34635-100000@arda.pair.com>
Chris Hecker writes:
> do people find the backtracking thing useful in everyday debugging?
I prefer the toplevel to the debugger in everyday work. However, the
backtracking debugger is extremely useful for finding the cause for
exceptional conditions that occur in long running programs for
specific inputs.
Not having to figure out a conditional break point that will stop the
program a the right time ist very convienent. Just run the program to
the `failwith "panic: how in the world did I get here?"' and step
back from there ...
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-08 15:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-07 19:19 [Caml-list] Re: Debuggers (was Jihad) Krishnaswami, Neel
2001-11-07 19:51 ` [Caml-list] Re: Debuggers Eric Newhuis
2001-11-07 20:12 ` [Caml-list] debugger backtracking/checkpoints Chris Hecker
2001-11-07 20:29 ` Pixel
2001-11-08 15:14 ` Thorsten Ohl [this message]
2001-11-08 18:04 ` Christophe Raffalli
2001-11-09 9:51 ` Jerome Vouillon
2001-11-10 13:39 ` Mattias Waldau
2001-11-10 14:41 ` Dmitry Bely
2001-11-12 18:37 ` Chris Hecker
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