From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id VAA01722; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 21:31:38 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA01690 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 21:31:37 +0100 (MET) Received: from leia.mandrakesoft.com (office.mandrakesoft.com [195.68.114.34]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id fA7KVa123813 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 21:31:36 +0100 (MET) Received: by leia.mandrakesoft.com (Postfix, from userid 505) id 4EFA35708; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 21:29:15 +0100 (CET) To: Chris Hecker Cc: Subject: Re: [Caml-list] debugger backtracking/checkpoints References: From: Pixel Date: 07 Nov 2001 21:29:15 +0100 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Chris Hecker writes: > > but disagree with the claim itself. Ocaml's debugger is in one respect > > extremely advanced: it is a reversible debugger, which puts it way ahead > > of most languages' debuggers, imperative or not. It is in one other > > Since the debugger doesn't work on msvc builds, I haven't used it > much, but do people find the backtracking thing useful in everyday > debugging? i'm using it extensively: - trying to understand where a bug comes from using logs - when the bug is more localised i debug at the location and find out what's wrong going back and forth inspecting variables until the precise pb is localised. -- Pixel ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr