[Eric] Wish: Debug option to move program counter
Hans-Peter Jansen
hpj at urpla.net
Wed Mar 15 11:07:10 GMT 2017
Hi Tobias,
I've missed your message somehow.
On Dienstag, 14. März 2017 19:14:50 Tobias Rzepka wrote:
> Hello Pete, hello Detlev,
>
> I've done already a proof of concept for the debugger. There are some
> constraints given by Python but it works to change the instruction pointer
> in a function/ method without executing the code between the actual and new
> instruction pointer.
This is good news.
Technically, the current execution frame must match and the move is line
based.
> I think, it could be very helpful a lot of times. I'll work on it further as
> one of the next topics.... Tobias
Great, let us know from your advances.
This might look like a minor feature, but it's a real killer feature in some
circumstances and raises Eric's coolness factor significantly.
Pete
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