[Chicago-talk] Dec Tech mtg...

[Scott T. Hildreth]

On 26-Nov-2003 Scott T. Hildreth wrote:
> 
> Use it all the time.  I use perl -d -e0 quite a bit.
> I use to test something as I am coding or to demonstrate for 
> someone how something works.  Although I like using ddd or
> xgdb, I pefer the command line over using a qui for perl.
> I don't understand how someone would prefer print statements
> over the debugger.  I like that fact that I can load modules
> while debugging, such as Data::Dumper, or print/dump variables
> without adding extra code.  With debugger it is easier to step
> into a CPAN module that may not behaving correctly.  I have 
> found bugs that way and emailed a patch to the author.  I do
> think that using a log4perl, where the logging level can be 
> set, is good for production code.  In conclusion, I find the
> debugger an valuable tool.  :-)
>  

         ..whoops, 'a valuable', not 'an valuable'.

           
> On 26-Nov-2003 Steven Lembark wrote:
>> 
>>> Steven Lembark will be discussing the Perl debugger.
>> 
>> General questions:
>> 
>>  - For people who use the deubber (or ptkdb): what are
>>    the things use use most? Why? How?
>> 
>>  - For people who don't: why not? What would you want to
>>    know in order to use it?
>> 
>> 
>> My own uses are testing constructs before actually
>> committing them to code and finding out why my
>> stream-of-semiconsiousness code blew up on me :-)
>> 
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E-Mail: Scott T. Hildreth <shild at sbcglobal.net>
Date: 26-Nov-2003
Time: 17:12:49
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