On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote:
> Dr. Hawkins wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: >> >> Any other specific issues you feel are show-stoppers may well be worth >>> looking into, and I'd be happy to help if I can. But to do that I'd need >>> to know what they are. >>> >>> >> That the IDE doesn't work? >> > > I'll run a search for "IDE doesn't work" and see what I can come up with. > ;) > :) > > > For those following this the breakpoint bugs are: > http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13997 > http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13998 > http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13999 > > I did a quick triage on those: > > The first one ('97) was especially interesting because in all the years > I'd been using LC I'd never used that particular feature. The description > of that feature on p68 of the User Guide does seem to match your > expectations, and I was able to confirm your report. > The only reason *I* found it (the feature) was that I was trying to set breakpoints, and my usual ways didn't work. > The second one ('98) was one that could benefit from others here who've > used the debugger more than I have (Jacque, that means you <g>). I'm not > sure if it's a bug or merely needs more explanation in the docs. > I suspect it may need someone running livecode itself in another debugger, or massive checkpoint dumping in the IDE code. > The last one ('99) I was unable to reproduce, but if there are any > additional steps I can follow to reliably reproduce I'd be happy to submit > my notes there. > It seems to be some level of corruption that survives saving and reloading. > > > And how many years has it been since a current version can watch a global >> variable without crashing? or the false failures to compile over shadowed >> names? >> > > Bug #s? > > Anyone else experience those? > > These get discussed here every few months. > There was a recent comment about shadowed name warnings in the Facebook > group recently, but that seemed related to turning on the feature to warn > about those (Prefs -> Script Editor -> Strict Compilation Mode). The > person who noted the issue reported back that after restoring that feature > to its default "off" setting he was happy. Is that not working for you? !!! No, not having strict compilation can't make me happy; I depend upon such things. (I don't even like the lack of case sensitivity in names, or the inability to apply types, but those only bite on the database side, and I have scripts that watch my stacks for those on every build. -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode