Another debugger observation

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I noticed that IDE's built-in TCC has _TRANSIENT == 1. I doubt it will bother me but some might be surprised by unexpected results. If it must be so for correct functioning, it should probably be documented.
 

rconn

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> I noticed that IDE's built-in TCC has _TRANSIENT == 1.

It always has, since the very first debugger version many years ago. As
does any batch file that's not run directly from the TCC prompt.

(And it's *not* a built-in TCC, as it only includes the scripting capability
and not the command line interface.)

Rex Conn
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On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 18:31:26 -0400, rconn <> wrote:

|(And it's *not* a built-in TCC, as it only includes the scripting capability
|and not the command line interface.)

Funny that you mentioned that. I have been meaning to suggest (for a future
version) that it would be convenient to have a combo-box where you could enter
commands (while not debugging) to be executed by IDE's interpreter to, for
example, stop a running TIMER or close a file (either of which might be left by
an aborted debug session).
 

rconn

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> Funny that you mentioned that. I have been meaning to suggest (for a
> future version) that it would be convenient to have a combo-box where you
> could enter commands (while not debugging) to be executed by IDE's
> interpreter to, for example, stop a running TIMER or close a file (either
> of which might be left by an aborted debug session).

You already can (Alt-F11).

Rex Conn
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On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:13:24 -0400, rconn <> wrote:

|You already can (Alt-F11).

Could you allow commands there too?
 
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On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:01:45 -0400, vefatica <> wrote:

|On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:13:24 -0400, rconn <> wrote:
|
||You already can (Alt-F11).
|
|Could you allow commands there too?

Never mind. That's easy enough with @EXEC.

Hmmm! I evaluated %@EXEC{timer on] and a few seconds later, %@EXEC[timer off].
In the console I saw

Code:
Timer 1 on: 22:20:56
Timer 1 off: 22:21:08  Elapsed: 0:00:00.00

That looks fishy.

If I keep evaluating %@EXEC[timer] over and over I see

Code:
Timer 1 on: 22:26:35
Timer 1 on: 22:26:44
Timer 1 on: 22:26:47
Timer 1 on: 22:26:48
 

rconn

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> Hmmm! I evaluated %@EXEC{timer on] and a few seconds later,
> %@EXEC[timer off].
> In the console I saw
>
> Code:
> ---------
> Timer 1 on: 22:20:56
> Timer 1 off: 22:21:08 Elapsed: 0:00:00.00
> ---------
> That looks fishy.
>

WAD. You're not running a persistent interpreter in the evaluate expression
dialog. (Nor do I see any useful purpose in that.)

Rex Conn
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On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:22:44 -0400, rconn <> wrote:

|---Quote---
|> Hmmm! I evaluated %@EXEC{timer on] and a few seconds later,
|> %@EXEC[timer off].
|> In the console I saw
|>
|> Code:
|> ---------
|> Timer 1 on: 22:20:56
|> Timer 1 off: 22:21:08 Elapsed: 0:00:00.00
|> ---------
|> That looks fishy.
|>
|---End Quote---
|WAD. You're not running a persistent interpreter in the evaluate expression
|dialog. (Nor do I see any useful purpose in that.)

The whole idea originally came from wanting to stop a TIMER that was left
running when I aborted a debug run (because it was still on when I started
debugging again). Can that be done? What if I abort a debug run after
@FILEOPEN and without @FILECLOSE? Can I use Alt-F11 to evaluate @FILECLOSE and
close the handle? If not, is there any way to close it?
 
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> ---Quote (Originally by vefatica)---
> Yeah, but it's not perfect (see my other post).
>
> I wouldn't mind that Alt-F11 thing in a combo box (with memory) on the
> toolbar.
> ---End Quote---
> Or, as a dialog, the ability to leave it open.

> Not possible; it'd mangle your batch file results.

It would benefit from some history recall then (ITNV of course).
 

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