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Lisp Debugger

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webguy08

#1 Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:10 am

Hi all,

I'm writing in Common Lisp and I need a debugger; one which can allow me to step through each line of code and see what it is returning. Is there such a debugger?

Balooga

#2 Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:23 am

Re: Lisp Debugger

Lispworks has a 'stepper' which lets you step though the execution of your code.

nuntius Administrator

#3 Sat Jan 09, 2010 3:10 am

Re: Lisp Debugger

CL's trace and step facilities may also be useful.
http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/ ... tracec.htm
http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/ ... m_step.htm

dmitry_vk

#4 Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:40 am

Re: Lisp Debugger

Slime and its backends have implementations of single-step debugging.

webguy08

#5 Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:53 pm

Re: Lisp Debugger

I downloaded LispWorks, but I have to say the program doesn't seem to have a very intuitive design

. I have no idea how to step through my code...Anyone know a step-by-step tutorial?

billy

#6 Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:50 pm

Re: Lisp Debugger

I don't know about a tutorial, but I found the following links helpful when I was recently looking for something similar.
SLDB: the SLIME debugger
SBCL Debugger

And a few chapters from Successful Lisp were informative:
How to Find Your Way Around, Part 1
How to Find Your Way Around, Part 2
How to Find Your Way Around, Part 3
Helpful Hints for Debugging and Bug-Proofing