The second version of The Joy of Clojure talks about building a debugging repl that allows insertion of breakpoints into code. Perhaps something similar could be done here.
On Friday, January 24, 2014 4:38:59 PM UTC-5, t x wrote: > > Found it, apparently it's > > debug-repl => swank-clojure => CDT => ritz > > It appears cider does not yet support this, so ritz is probably the "most > powerful" at the moment. > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:39 AM, t x <txre...@gmail.com <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> One thing I miss from pre-Clojure scheme days is as follows: >> >> ## What I want >> >> 1 => (foo) ;; I'm calling foo at the repl >> ... foo executes ... >> ... at some point, an exception is thrown ... >> >> 2 => my interpreter _starts a new repl_ >> * at the point where the exception was thrown >> * lets me examine local environment variables >> * lets me execute commands >> * lets me "resume" the execution >> >> >> ## Why "it can't work" >> >> Now, I understand why this can not work in general in Clojure, i.e. the >> following example: >> >> (defn foo [] >> (.someJavaFunctionThatThrowsException object)) >> >> In this case, the above is impossible since the exception is thrown from >> _java land_ rather than Clojure land. >> >> >> ## Why it might work >> >> Now, I'm not writing any code in java. The work I'm doing is pure >> clojure. I can throw when the exception is thrown. >> >> >> Is there some library, where instead of doing >> >> (defn foo [] >> ... >> (throw (ex-data ...)) >> ...) >> >> I instead do: >> >> (defn foo [] >> ... >> (something-went-wrong-please-fire-up-a-repl) >> ...) >> >> ? >> >> Thanks! >> > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
