[OpenBIOS] PATCH: Reworked version of Forth Source debugger
Blue Swirl
blauwirbel at gmail.com
Sat Nov 14 17:30:49 CET 2009
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Mark Cave-Ayland
<mark.cave-ayland at siriusit.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Please find attached the latest version of my Forth source debugger patch
> which I believe is ready for commit review. This patch implements the
> following Forth words:
>
> debug <xt> - Mark word for debugging
> debug-off - Unmark all words for debugging
> resume - Return from subordinate Forth interpreter
>
> The source debugger also implements the following commands when it has been
> activated:
>
> Up - Unmark current word for debugging, mark parent and continue
> Down - Mark next word for debugging
> Trace - Continue execution until end of word displaying
> debug information
> Rstack - Display contents of the Rstack
> Forth - Launch subordinate Forth interpreter
Nice work! This passes my tests and I didn't see any performance problems.
I know we don't have much user documentation, but I think the debugger
deserves something (for example your description above). Otherwise the
users won't find this. The documentation can be added later, though.
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