Newbie question - watching variables

PhiHo Hoang phiho.hoang at home.com
Sat Aug 25 05:58:36 UTC 2001


Re: Newbie question - watching variablesHi Dan,

>> Is there some way to set a watch on a variable such that when something attempts to change the 
>> variable it halts and lets you see whats going on?  I've got something changing a variable 
>> somewhere in my code but can't track it down for the life of me.  Any features like this would 
>> help immensely.


    > ObjectWatcher was built for just this kind of situation, but it ain't a tool for newbies.  
    > It will fry your butt if you don't talk pretty to it (I just crashed my Mac trying the Sensor  example).

    Also a newbie, I just can't resist. Would you please consider to add this as a feature to the Squeak debugger.

    I promise Nicetalk to it, cross my heart ;-)


    > It did work before, and it is the only way I know to do what you want. I wrote it, and I'd be willing to hold your 
    > hand offline if you want to give it a whirl. 

    If that's not possible, would you please consider Cc: phiho.hoang at home.com

    Thanks for your considerations.

    Cheers,

    PhiHo

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