Perl Debugging Problems...

[Luis Motta Campos]

   Hello Richard.

On Feb 16, 2007, at 9:18 AM, Richard Foley wrote:
> On Thursday 15 February 2007 18:30, Luis Motta Campos wrote:
>>>>    I'm trying to debug a test script, and everything runs quite  
>>>> well
>>>> until I reach the second test function, where suddently all my
>>>> debugger status is lost and I stop to seeing source, actions, my
>>>> current position in the code and breakpoints.
>>>>
>>> It would really help to see some sample code, or context, or
>>> screenshots, or
>>> something...
>>
>>    I know.
>>    But I don't know what to send.
>>    There are nearly 12K lines of perl code being invoked for this
>> test script.
>>    Maybe you could help me with guidelines so I can build a
>> minimalistic bug-reproduction script...
>>
> Are you using threads, old or new?  Are you forking or using  
> pipes?  Are you
> redirecting STD(IN/OUT) or DB(IN/OUT) anywhere strange?  The  
> possibilities
> are endless.

   Hum. Maybe I'm redirecting STDERR somewhere in the code... this is  
a new codebase to me, and everything is complicated... :-( I will try  
and find if I'm redirecting or using strange handles for files  
somewhere. Nice tip. Thanks.

> With little or no information to go on, it's hard to suggest a  
> reasonable
> solution, but you could try using ptkdb as an alternative  
> debugger.  If the
> behaviour continues, the suspect is your code, if it stops, it may  
> be the
> debugger itself.

   ptkdb? Never heard about this. Asking about this to the Drunk  
Librarian brought this up:

   http://ptkdb.sourceforge.net/

   I hope that's the thing you're talking about.

   And here I will ask for a bit more advice: I'm on an Apple Mini  
Mac workstation, and only have access to the development environment  
by secure shell (of course I can redirect displays and do all that  
*nix magic with X interface I love so much).

   Is there any good X11 implementation to MacOSX that worth a try? I  
would give preference to the open-source ones, for educative  
reasons. ;-)

   Thanks!
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Luis Motta Campos is a software engineer,
perl fanatic evangelist, and amateur {cook, photographer}