Re: lush debugger?

Hi Ralf,

> Am I correct that the lush does not come with a (source level)
> debugger? This is something quite high on my wish list. If 
> anybody has a attempted to write one and has a half-baked lush
> debugger sitting on his or her hard drive, please let me know.

Not sure, but I don't think so.

Would it not be a better idea to use good quality tracing instead? This can be 
done in the form of logging with specify logging levels (info, warning, debug, 
trace, etc.). Couple this with a simple GUI or streaming to console/file and you 
have a good way to see what is going on in your code at runtime without the pain
of stepping through code. Might be able to use a ready-made C logging API for the 
source level and some Lush debugging on the Lisp side. Output a timestamp, the 
function name, or other data for each logging call to be able follow the exact 
execution at runtime in the different levels. This should work much better than
a regular debugger and is sort of fun to play with. Just make sure to use a flag 
to test whether logging is on or off to avoid execution overhead.

Sorry, no code.

Raymond


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