RE: [Boa Constr] Db>

[Riaan B. <ri...@tb...>]

Hi Paolo,

> 
> Hello boa-constructor-users,
> 
> Maybe it's a stupid question... I'm missing something...
> 
> How to change a local variable value from the shell while debugging
> (aka Db> prompt)?
> 
> In the standard debugger, pdb, casted with pdb.set_trace(), I use the
> !, like !var1=1... with boa I've a Syntax Error...
> 
> Db> debug=1
> 
>   File "<string>", line 1
>     debug=1
>          ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> 
> Db> !debug=1
> 
>   File "<string>", line 1
>     !debug=1
>     ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> 
> When I can I use some function (like setattr) or work in the __dict__,
> but I wonder if where is some other easy way...

I've done that too :)

Basically no, as you might guess it's eval'ed on the DebuggerServer side
so statements aren't allowed, only expressions.

I'd like to improve this at at some stage. It's a todo.

Cheers,
Riaan.