Yes, everything you said matches what I've experienced. There have been other threads about it too. It may already have been reported as a bug
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Graham Samuel <livf...@mac.com> wrote: > Pete, thanks for the quick reply. Neither of those things work for me. > There is even odder stuff: if I put breakpoints in earlier code and click > through that code to the point where the breakpoints stop working, then the > 'strange' code is executed, although it doesn't stop at its own > breakpoints. If I just let the program run, by clicking on the 'run' > triangle every time it reaches a working breakpoint, the code in the > problematic section isn't executed, or not all of it - for example I have > become sufficiently desperate to introduce a simple logging function that > puts lines of text into a field. In the 'just run it' case, the log doesn't > show, and in the other case, I get log entries. This is all extremely > strange. I've tried quitting and restarting etc but so far nothing has > worked. Reluctantly I will try to report it as a bug. > > Graham > > On 27 Feb 2014, at 21:33, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > > > I've experienced this from time to time and it's very frustrating. > > > > Have you tried inserting a "breakpoint" command at the start of your > > function rather than a "red dot" breakpoint? > > > > I've sometimes found that the statement following the breakpoint is > somehow > > syntactically incorrect in a way that isn't caught during compile, which > > seems to cause LC to just give up. Sorry to be so vague but I can't > > remember the exact details. > > > > On another occasion, I ended up putting a lock messages command in my > code > > (when I was in "try anything" mode) which fixed the problem, but I have > no > > idea why. > > > > > > Pete > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and > > SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Graham Samuel <livf...@mac.com> wrote: > > > >> I'm trying to debug a sequence of code with some repeat loops and stuff > in > >> it. I'm using LC 6.5.2 on Apple Mavericks 10.9.1 - but I've just tested > >> this on a far older version of LC (5.5.4) and I get the same problem: > >> > >> I have put a number of breakpoints in the code, and when I start > executing > >> it, the breakpoints do indeed stop the code running as expected. But > then I > >> come to a point where the code seems to rush ahead, taking no notice of > the > >> breakpoints. Specifically, I start tracing before calling a certain > >> function with this statement > >> > >> put myFunction(myParameter) into field "myField" > >> > >> The first line of the function has a breakpoint in it, but as soon as > >> execution moves to the function, none of the breakpoints within it > apply. > >> It's as if I'd clicked on the 'step over' button in the IDE instead of > the > >> 'step into', but I haven't. This is entirely repeatable. What did I do > >> wrong? I suppose it may be a bug, but I rather dread cutting it down to > a > >> simple example. Has anyone any idea what is causing this? > >> > >> TIA > >> > >> Graham > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
