debugs.fs

\ Simple debugging aids

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\ They are meant to support a different style of debugging than the
\ tracing/stepping debuggers used in languages with long turn-around
\ times.

\ IMO, a much better (faster) way in fast-compilig languages is to add
\ printing code at well-selected places, let the program run, look at
\ the output, see where things went wrong, add more printing code, etc.,
\ until the bug is found.

\ We support fast insertion and removal of the printing code.

\ !!Warning: the default debugging actions will destroy the contents
\ of the pictured numeric output string (i.e., don't use ~~ between <#
\ and #>).

require source.fs

defer printdebugdata ( -- ) \ gforth print-debug-data
' .s IS printdebugdata
defer .debugline ( nfile nline -- ) \ gforth print-debug-line
\G Print the source code location indicated by @var{nfile nline}, and
\G additional debugging information; the default @code{.debugline}
\G prints the additional information with @code{printdebugdata}.

: (.debugline) ( nfile nline -- )
    cr .sourcepos ." :"
    \ it would be nice to print the name of the following word,
    \ but that's not easily possible for primitives
    printdebugdata
    cr ;

' (.debugline) IS .debugline

: .debugline-stderr ( nfile nline -- )
    ['] .debugline stderr outfile-execute ;

:noname ( -- )
    current-sourcepos .debugline-stderr ;
:noname ( compilation  -- ; run-time  -- )
    compile-sourcepos POSTPONE .debugline-stderr ;
interpret/compile: ~~ ( -- ) \ gforth tilde-tilde
\G Prints the source code location of the @code{~~} and the stack
\G contents with @code{.debugline}.