Watching is one thing you can do to see the result of an expression. The issue is that this has to be in scope within the selected stackframe or something. I can never watch once that scope has gone. As a result, I have no idea if it is possible, but I cannot just open an inspector that sticks around as I process stacks in the debugger. That level of the environment being alive is just missing from the Java development environments. One reason is Smalltalk is running the image objects all the time and Java does not have an image-based environment. You restart the environment each time you rerun a java test case. It's DOA.
- HH > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] Pharo: Reinventing Smalltalk > Local Time: November 1, 2017 7:27 PM > UTC Time: November 1, 2017 11:27 PM > From: kilon.al...@gmail.com > To: Any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users@lists.pharo.org>, henry > <he...@callistohouse.club> > > Should pretty standard even for Java using a debugger > > I mean I have done this with Visual Studio and its debugger with C++. It even > allows you to inspect the machine code or see the memory in raw bits formats. > So I find it hard to believe that Eclipse cannot do that with Java. > > There is even a feature which is called watching a variable that pops the > debugger only when a specific variable changes value. The functionality is > there , the terminology is different. > > On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 at 01:12, henry <he...@callistohouse.club> wrote: > >> I am only familiar with Eclipse, not other Java development environments. In >> comparison, what is lacking in the land of Java, which is so powerful in >> Pharo/Squeak/Smalltalk is the ability to inspect the object resulting from >> some highlighted code. As a developer, Smalltalk wins on inspectability. >> >> - HH >> >> On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 17:47, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.al...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Well I rather not reply because I am a huge hater of multi window GUIs . >>> Thank god Pharo is not. >>> >>> Seriously how on earth someone can find convenient multiple windows is >>> beyond my understanding . It was a terrible idea in 90s , it’s still a >>> terrible idea. >>> >>> On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 at 23:05, horrido <horrido.hobb...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> FYI, reader comments to my interview with Stef: >>>> https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/7a30vx/pharo_reinventing_smalltalk/ >>>> >>>> If you can respond, that would be great. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html
