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Re: Debugger problems


From: Ryan Rusaw
Subject: Re: Debugger problems
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:47:49 -0600

When I ported my Octave DBGP debugger to the object branch I used the
doc_string() function to "load" the function before adding the break
point.

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 8:33 PM, John Swensen <address@hidden> wrote:
> I am starting work again on making the debugger more compatible with
>  Matlab, but I think a problem was introduced when the object branch
>  was checked in.  Now, when I try to set a breakpoint, it tells me:
>  error: octave_base_value::user_function_value(): wrong type argument
>  `<unknown type>'
>  error: add_breakpoint: unable to find the function requested
>  However, if I first call the function, then try to set the breakpoint,
>  there are no problems.  So I think the problem is that somehow the new
>  use of symbol_table::find_user_function (fname) behaves differently
>  than how I used to do it with curr_sym_tab->lookup (fname).  I looked
>  through symtab.h to see if there is a member function of the
>  symbol_table singleton that would first "load" the function before
>  setting the breakpoint, but couldn't find anything.
>
>  Any suggestions?
>
>  John Swensen
>

Ryan


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