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  1. Tom K (tk@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2019 08:17:41 EDT Tom K Tom K

    I'm a die-hard fan of print debugging. Most of the time I want to see the whole control flow at once. Breakpoints show one place at a time and you have to keep the jumps in your head. It's like using a GPS to find your way out of the carpark.

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    1. codesections (codesections@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2019 08:45:09 EDT codesections codesections
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      @tk

      > I'm a die-hard fan of print debugging. Most of the time I want to see the whole control flow at once. Breakpoints show one place at a time and you have to keep the jumps in your head. It's like using a GPS to find your way out of the carpark.

      I'd be interested in hearing others' thoughts on this. I tend to feel guilty about how much I use print debugging (especially in #rust, where I haven't found a debugger I love). But maybe I should embrace it?

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      1. Coffee & Aspirin (deejoe@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 12-Jul-2019 09:03:34 EDT Coffee & Aspirin Coffee & Aspirin
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        @codesections

        if you use a language, you already know how to print debug, but learning a debugger is a whole nother pile of yaks

        @tk

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