On 09.04.2008, at 14:10, kengbrown wrote:
> --- In squeak at yahoogroups.com, Bert Freudenberg <bert at ...> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 09.04.2008, at 13:19, kengbrown wrote:
>>> --- In squeak at yahoogroups.com, Bert Freudenberg <bert@> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09.04.2008, at 12:03, Andreas Wacknitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 09.04.2008 um 18:59 schrieb Ken G. Brown:
>>>>>
>>>>>> One thing that really bothered me when first starting out with
>>>>>> Squeak, was the requirement for modifying code in order add 'self
>>>>>> halt' to work with the debugger.
>>>>>> I still find that to be bothersome. Intuitively it seems to me  
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> breakpoints should have no way to modify code.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, that is a point that annoys me, too.
>>>>> Even Dolphin Smalltalk has this drawback, but there is a
>>>>> sophisticated solution in Tools+ (by Solutions Software) called
>>>>> Method Spies.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Actually, Squeak has break points. Click on a method in the system
>>>> browser, and choose "toggle break on entry".
>>>>
>>>> Problem is the highlighting in the method list has been broken for
>>>> some while, methods with break points used to be marked.
>>>>
>>>> - Bert -
>>>>
>>>
>>> Well, 'toggle breakpoint on entry' also seems to be missing from the
>>> default System
>>> Browser in latest 3.10 dev image too. And there isn't any World
>>> menu selection to open
>>> the regular System Browser that has it. You can overcome that by
>>> doing 'Browser open' in
>>> a Workspace to get the 'toggle breakpoint on entry' at which point
>>> you have two different
>>> browsers with the same title, with different functionality.
>>>
>>> Wonder what the rationale is for the inconsistency in Browser types
>>> vs naming?
>>>
>>> In any case, it would be nice to be able to set a breakpoint on a
>>> method whilst in the
>>> Debugger. Bet you could whip that up in no time Bert! :)
>>
>>
>> That is already there. The same "toggle break on entry" menu item is
>> in the debugger's method list.
>>
>> - Bert -
>>
>
> Well I just tried that and I don't seem to get it to do anything.
> eg. OBUBrowser open. , debug it from a Workspace, click 'into', see  
> open in the message
> list at the top, do 'toggle break on entry' when the 'open' line is  
> highlighted, start over in
> the debugger or doit from the Workspace again, the operation  
> proceeds to completion.
>
> Ken G. Brown


Works for me in a 3.8-based image. Guess you need to file a bug ...

- Bert -