skip debug when not needed

[fspegni]

Hi, first of all thanks for this cool library.

I'm facing this scenario: I'm writing my tests and from time to time I need to insert the Debug keyword in order to stop the execution and inspect variables. However, when finished, I may forget to delete some Debug keyword from my tests, and this would block the testing task in my CI/CD pipeline.

Would it be useful to add some notion of "debug mode" such that when I write tests I set the "debug mode" to ON, thus every Debug keyword actually stops the test execution, while on the CI/CD pipeline i can set the "debug mode" to OFF and every Debug keyword is returned immediately.

If this is not possible, I guess I can fork the project and send you a PR in the next weeks.

[tw39124-1]

As a suggestion, you could just wrap the Debug keyword in a Run Keyword If statement which checks for an environment variable. For example:

Run Keyword If | %{DEBUG_DISABLED}=="1" | Debug

Then in your CI/CD pipeline, ensure DEBUG_DISABLED is set to 1 to prevent the Debug keywords from stopping test execution.

[fspegni]

Hi, this is of course possible, but it requires all the test developers to adhere to this schema, and I would like to provide something easier to use (e.g. a Debug If keyword).

I try to work on a fork and send a PR when done

[xyb]

@fspegni @tw39124-1 I just released a new version v2.2.0 that adds the Debug If keyword.