[Chicago-talk] [Chicago.pm]: For the few of us wretches who write code with bugs... (fwd)

Steven Lembark lembark at wrkhors.com
Mon Nov 10 15:15:56 CST 2003



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From: lembark at wrkhors.com
Subject: [Chicago.pm]: For the few of us wretches who write code with 
bugs...

>
> ... I will be describing the Perl debugger.
>
> Admittedly this might at first seem useful only to the tiny proportion
> of you who write code with bugs in it. However, if you contemplate
> the number of other idio..., er, Otherwise Fine Programmers (tm)
> who put bugs in their code the debugger starts to look, well, useful.
>
>
> I'll go over the debugger basics inside "perl -d" for setting breakpoints
> and running code and examining variables and structures. It's also
> worth spending a few moments on $DB::single, $DB::trace (and why
> to remove them before releasing a module :-).
>
> For those who don't enjoy gdb, I'll also describe how to get/install/use
> the Perl Tk Debugger (-d:ptkdb).
>
> But wait, there's more...
>
> The debugger is a nice tool for simply checking code or for one-pass
> data munging. I'll go over some tricks for command-line perlyfying
> with the debugger.
>
>
> Note: after the last meeting I was also approached about doing
> something with OO Perl. I can pick that up at a later time if people
> are interested.
>
>
> --
> Steven Lembark                               2930 W. Palmer
> Workhorse Computing                       Chicago, IL 60647
>                                             +1 888 359 3508
>
> --
> undef$/;open      #   "moc.acipot at ebircsbusnu-mp-ogacihc" liam ,busnu ot
> STDIN,$0;print    #               mp-ogacihc/stsil/moc.acipot.www//:ptth
> scalar(reverse    #                                moc.acipot at mp-ogacihc
> scalar<>),"\n"    #                   sregnoM lreP ogacihC -- mp.ogacihC
>
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Steven Lembark                               2930 W. Palmer
Workhorse Computing                       Chicago, IL 60647
                                            +1 888 359 3508



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