Drop pry

[hunchr]

this is how I debug:

Suppose we have this code

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  @hi = 'hello'
  @hello = 'world'
  debugger
end

If I run it with with pry (byebug)

no autocompletion, no syntax highlighting, nothing

If I run it with with irb (debug)

it's so much better. maybe I'm using pry incorrectly but for me pry is completely useless

[coorasse]

Thank you @hunchr !
Two things:

• terminal: I believe irb catched up with pry by now. I am in favor of removing pry.
• debug: I cannot judge. I use rubymine. Therefore I am open to any solution wished by people using debug.

I'd like at least a couple of more approvals on this one.

[rnestler]

I haven't tried it too much with debugging yet to compare. A few notes:

• irb is the standard, so I prefer using it.
• The less dependencies the better
• pry-rails should improve the bin/rails console, but I actually like the irb provided one way more.
• According to https://www.mintbit.com/blog/byebug-replaced-with-debug-rails7 debug is the default for Rails 7 instead of bybug. It also mentions that ruby 3.1 bundles the debug gem, so maybe we don't even need it in the gem file? We need it, otherwise it doesnt' get required and breakpoints aren't working.

[schmijos]

I would drop all of them. I use binding.irb now.

[rnestler]

I would drop all of them. I use binding.irb now.

But for that you'll need to require the irb gem, no?

[hunchr]

But for that you'll need to require the irb gem, no?

the irb gem is already included by rails

[rnestler]

Let's remove it and use binding.irb. It can still load the debug gem for a better experience at runtime: https://github.com/ruby/irb/blob/1a1fbba020f1f504b2cb4d832ee4aa7af6aee0d3/README.md#debugging-with-irb

[schmijos]

I would drop all of them. I use binding.irb now.

But for that you'll need to require the irb gem, no?

If you mean bundling it: No. It's a default gem. You can require it directly: https://stdgems.org/irb/

[rnestler]

If you mean bundling it: No. It's a default gem. You can require it directly:

I wanted to avoid needeing to do require 'irb'; binding.irb, but it's not needed since it seems in scope anyways.