Gavin Kistner
6/30/2005 2:37:00 PM
I would find it convenient if:
ruby -d foo.rb
set $DEBUG to true, while
ruby -d1 foo.rb
set $DEBUG to 1
ruby -d3 foo.rb
set $DEBUG to 3, and possibly even
ruby -dALL foo.rb
set $DEBUG to "ALL". (I'm willing to give up that last, though.)
This would break any existing code that did something silly like:
if $DEBUG == true
instead of
if $DEBUG
but would provide the ability to set verbosity level for debugging.
In debugging JavaScript in HTML, I wrote my own DebugOut function
which took a string and a verbosity level, and by changing one
numeric at the top of the file could easily see more or less verbose
traces of the code execution. It's a poor substitute for a debugging
IDE, but at the same time quite helpful.
What do people think?