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- From: gyl.midroni@rose.com (gyl midroni)
- Subject: debugging in BPW
- Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 06:29:32 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.062934.5801@rose.com>
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- Date Entered: 12-30-92 01:19
- Can someone explain to me why BPW does NOT have an equivalent of the
- quick and dirty debugging that BP has in the IDE?
- I know that for serious debugging, you need the full debugger.
- However, most often it is only necessary to watch a few variables and
- set a few breakpoints, especially if you don't code in ASM. It is a
- major pain to switch to the full debugger in windows.
- First, it requires a recompile, which takes time.
- Second, it completely eliminates access to the rest of Windows,
- Third, it is relatively unstable. Many a time I have had bugs
- that have crashed the debugger without any error messages, requiring a
- cold boot (RESET, not control-alt-del). And yet, these programs ran
- just fine in Windows.
- Does anyone else agree with me?
- It is worth talking to Borland about putting some rudimentary
- debugging into the Windows IDE?
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- Gyl gyl.midroni@rose.com
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