From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Multiple debugging sessions Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:08:17 -0500 Message-ID: <871x1os7i4.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <87u0feb5b7.fsf@wigwam.deepwood.net> <871x2hck3a.fsf@cut.bc.hsia.telus.net> <17239.8445.256875.931159@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17266.60914.593789.221645@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1131646340 27835 80.91.229.2 (10 Nov 2005 18:12:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:12:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Nick Roberts , emacs-devel@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 10 19:12:09 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EaGrk-00056p-Et for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:09:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EaGrj-0007r9-KH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:09:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EaGqZ-0007YC-Nb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:08:27 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EaGqX-0007Xb-OV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:08:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EaGqX-0007XV-9J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:08:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.4] (helo=tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EaGqV-00015D-7G; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:08:23 -0500 Original-Received: from alfajor ([65.92.243.185]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20051110180822.IBGT21026.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:08:22 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1398FD7662; Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:08:17 -0500 (EST) Original-To: snogglethorpe@gmail.com In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:19:56 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:45688 Archived-At: >> I'm afraid that managing multiple debugging sessions is low down on my >> list of things to do... > Retrofitting such a feature is probably a lot harder than simply being > a bit careful to keep things well-parameterized from the beginning > (well i guess it's too late now, but ...). The main problem (based on my experience making it possible to have multiple PCL-CVS buffers) is that you need both to understand the code you're changing and to understand how to use buffer-local variables to their best advantage. In the end the change to PCL-CVS was "fairly" easy, but it was delicate. Stefan