On 26/02/2012 11:17, Mattias Gaertner wrote: > On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:43:38 +0100 (CET) Michael Van Canneyt > <mich...@freepascal.org> wrote: > >> >> >> On Sun, 26 Feb 2012, Vinzent Höfler wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:15:54 +0100, ik >>> <ido...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I found the following amazing lecture that present a new idea >>>> of a development tool, that I think will interest you all: >>>> >>>> http://vimeo.com/36579366 >>> >>> Impressive, indeed. And I am usually not that easily impressed. >> >> Impressed indeed. But IMHO limited to a certain kind of >> programming. The binary search part could probably be done for any >> kind of programming, I suppose. > > I doubt that "any kind of programming". He showed the simplest case: > a function that only receives base types. But most functions work on > complex parameters - classes. These need to be set up. Either by > writing a test environment or by taking a snapshot with the debugger. > Then you can run the function repeatedly. > > The next step is to "compile" the function on every change. Easy with > an interpreter. How to compile only one function of a big program and > insert/replace it?
Sorry for a plug, but MS VC++ 6.0 (!)* allowed for Pause->Edit Code-> Quick compile->Resume Execution kind of workflow... Yes, in Debug/Pause mode, you COULD write a {code block} and then go Debug->Apply and Continue (or something like that) and voila, you could totally change code paths ... (Not that I know much about internals/constraints of this, to be honest, but of all, i found that a very cool feature) Is there a way to add THAT to FPC/Lazarus/GDB world ? (especially simulation/image/OpenGL Artists would be grateful :) ) > > The next step is to run the function and read every value change. > Easy in an interpreter. For a compiled program you have to single > step with the debugger. > > Lukasz * Yes, Microsoft Visual C++ Six Point Zero. Mine (dating from before my times where I work now) is from 1998. * _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal