On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:53:54 +0000 "Jonathan Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The perl debugger is about as much fun as ed. Also, many people use perl > wrapped up inside some web environment which makes it not conducive to > debugging with the debugger. I have always been scared buy the debugger and use erm less sophisticated methods of debugging, mostly using Data::Dumper. > > But I think that's a shame, because a debugger really ought to be more > fun than print statements. For all I know Activestate's Visual Debugger > is great. In fact I think I'll try it out. > > If someone could just integrate the debugger with Vim that'd be a start. > Last I tried gdb (ooh, 4 years ago) it crashed all the time. That would be cool, the perlvim IDEish Perhaps the CFT team could consider it. > > AFAIK Python, Ruby et all don't have great debuggers either. Perl of > course has the world's most helpful error messages, so maybe that's why > ppl don't need the debugger. A good brace/parenthesis/bracket matcher is also an essential -- Tony Kennick TechnoPhobia Limited. Phone: +44 (0)114 2212123 Fax: +44 (0)114 2212124 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.technophobia.com Registered in England and Wales Company No. 3063669 VAT registration No. 598 7858 42 The contents of this e-mail are confidential to the addressee and are intended solely for the recipients use. If you are not the addressee, you have received this e-mail in error. Any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author personally and not TechnoPhobia Limited who do not accept responsibility for the contents of the message. All e-mail communications, in and out of TechnoPhobia, are recorded for monitoring purposes.
