Re: isis debugging info

Yeah, _traceback=1 is what I want!  Is there any additional configurability?  For example, can I just print the line number but not the variable space?  (I probably missed the documentation.)

Thanks,
Rob


On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, John E. Davis wrote:

> rrg11_at_email.domain.hidden>> When I get an error like "Unable to typecast Array_Type to
>> String_Type", I'd like to see where that error occurred.  Is there a
>> way to get the script line number of that error?
>
> You can see the debugging options by running isis via:
>
>   isis --help
>
> Among other things it shows:
>
>     --sldb [FILE]  Invoke S-Lang debugger
>     --sldb-isis    Invoke S-Lang debugger on isis internals
>     --prof [FILE]  Invoke S-Lang profiler on FILE
>
> These options can be quite useful when developing scripts.  It also
> shows:
>
>      -g            Compile with debugging info
>
> Perhaps the easiest thing to do would be to invoke isis with -g and
> then set the _traceback variable.
>
>   $ isis -g
>   isis> _traceback=1;
>
> John, should -g also result in _traceback=1 in interactive mode?
>
> Thanks,
> --John
>
>