Re: I usually debug via...

I'm a printer.

Long ago I put these two lines at the bottom of a script; nowadays I always throw them into my exception handling modules, but push them to main::.

sub ::D { require Data::Dumper; $Data::Dumper::Indent += 0; local $Dat
+a::Dumper::Indent = 1; Data::Dumper::Dumper(@_) }
sub ::DD { require Carp; Carp::confess(::D(@_)) }

# Then from anywhere, use it like this:
print ::D({ state => $some_obj });
[...]
::DD($obj) if $bugs_exist;
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(The += 0 is just a stupid warning silencer.)

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Re^2: I usually debug via... by chime (Friar) on Feb 15, 2005 at 10:23 UTC
I debug my code with print, my mind with alcohol, and my dog with flea powder	[reply]
Re^3: I usually debug via... by Boots111 (Hermit) on Feb 17, 2005 at 00:03 UTC
chime~ So close to a haiku.... debug code with print a mind using alcohol dogs with flea powder Boots --- If you are not going to go 95, just avoid our state. Please. -Ian Sulam	[reply]
Re^4: I usually debug via... by BUU (Prior) on Feb 20, 2005 at 08:09 UTC
But it's still not a haiku (at least to my limited understanding) because it's not about a seasonal event, and his original form, I feel, reads much more poetically. What is with this obsession of things that look similar to haikus? Is it just that they appear easy to create and everyone wants to be a poet?	[reply]
Re^5: I usually debug via... by legato (Monk) on Mar 03, 2005 at 19:53 UTC
Re^6: I usually debug via... by greenFox (Vicar) on Mar 09, 2005 at 01:57 UTC
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Re^5: I usually debug via... by Anonymous Monk on Feb 21, 2005 at 21:05 UTC
Re^4: I usually debug via... by chime (Friar) on Feb 22, 2005 at 10:34 UTC
Heres one I made earlier on the same theme Bug haiku	[reply]
Re^2: I usually debug via... by RolandGunslinger (Curate) on Feb 22, 2005 at 15:14 UTC
print and perl -d for me between these two I get my debugging done oh, and heavy use of Data::Dumper	[reply]


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