[Eric] Wish: Debug option to move program counter

Hans-Peter Jansen hpj at urpla.net
Wed Mar 15 11:07:10 GMT 2017


Hi Tobias,

I've missed your message somehow.

On Dienstag, 14. März 2017 19:14:50 Tobias Rzepka wrote:
> Hello Pete, hello Detlev,
> 
> I've done already a proof of concept for the debugger. There are some
> constraints given by Python but it works to change the instruction pointer
> in a function/ method without executing the code between the actual and new
> instruction pointer.

This is good news. 

Technically, the current execution frame must match and the move is line 
based.

> I think, it could be very helpful a lot of times. I'll work on it further as
> one of the next topics.... Tobias

Great, let us know from your advances.

This might look like a minor feature, but it's a real killer feature in some 
circumstances and raises Eric's coolness factor significantly.

Pete


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