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[Phpslash-devel] Very minor debugging suggestion for lib.resources.php

[Mike G. <mi...@op...>]

Howdy,

in lib.resources.php, the function pslNew could be slightly easier to
debug in the future if the declared classes could be output more easily:

   else {
      // print_r(get_declared_classes());
      pslError("No such class: $class");
      return false;
   }

I was trying to figure out why the heck pslNew wasn't working for a new
class I was developing and finally figured out that I hadn't quite
changed the class name correctly....  

You can't pass arrays to the debug function very well..  I suppose you
could serialize them so 
	debug('List of classes',serialize(get_declared_classes()));

In anycase just a thought..

Mike
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Re: [Phpslash-devel] Very minor debugging suggestion for lib.resources.php

[Joe S. <joe...@us...>]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 10:57:39AM -0400, Mike Gifford wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> in lib.resources.php, the function pslNew could be slightly easier to
> debug in the future if the declared classes could be output more easily:
> 
>    else {
>       // print_r(get_declared_classes());
>       pslError("No such class: $class");
>       return false;
>    }
> 
> I was trying to figure out why the heck pslNew wasn't working for a new
> class I was developing and finally figured out that I hadn't quite
> changed the class name correctly....  
> 
> You can't pass arrays to the debug function very well..  I suppose you
> could serialize them so 
> 	debug('List of classes',serialize(get_declared_classes()));
> 
> In anycase just a thought..
> 

Hey Mike,

debug() should have no trouble outputting arrays.  This works fine for me:

	debug("declared_classes", get_declared_classes());

What is the value of debug.max_recursion_level in config.ini?

	debug.max_recursion_level = 10

If you add a test like this do you get the full array displayed?

	debug("_PSL", $_PSL);

Joe

> Mike
> -- 
> Mike Gifford, OpenConcept Consulting
> Free Software for Social Change -> http://www.openconcept.ca
> Featured Client: CUPE National -> http://www.cupe.ca
> Whoever controls the media-the images-controls the culture - A. Ginsberg
> 

Re: [Phpslash-devel] Very minor debugging suggestion for lib.resources.php

[Matthew L. <lei...@ma...>]

Hi,

Still unpacking but checking e-mail...

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Joe Stewart wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 10:57:39AM -0400, Mike Gifford wrote:
> > Howdy,
> >
[snip!]
> > You can't pass arrays to the debug function very well..  I
suppose you
> > could serialize them so
> > 	debug('List of classes',serialize(get_declared_classes()));
> >
> > In anycase just a thought..
> >
>
> Hey Mike,
>
> debug() should have no trouble outputting arrays.  This works fine for me:
>
> 	debug("declared_classes", get_declared_classes());

I agree.  debug() got rewritten for 0.7 to recurse through arrays and
objects.

> What is the value of debug.max_recursion_level in config.ini?
>
> 	debug.max_recursion_level = 10

This was a guard against circular references.  Consider:

$a = new Parent;
$b = new Child;

$a->children[] =& $b;
$b->parent =& $a;

debug("a",$a);

This would go on indefinitely without either (a) a check for circularity
or (b) a maximum level to recurse to.  I didn't really know how to do (a)
so I built in (b).  I believe if you set
$_PSL['debug.max_recursion_level'] to something negative then you can get
arbitrary recursion (with no circularity checks).

But anyway, the array returned from get_defined_classes should only be
one-dimensional, so 10 is fine for the purpose!

--Matt
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Re: [Phpslash-devel] Very minor debugging suggestion for lib.resources.php

[Mike G. <mi...@op...>]

Sorry Gents..  

On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 13:18, Matthew Leingang wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Joe Stewart wrote:
> > debug() should have no trouble outputting arrays.  This works fine for me:
> >
> > 	debug("declared_classes", get_declared_classes());
> I agree.  debug() got rewritten for 0.7 to recurse through arrays and
> objects.

Good to know debug can handle both arrays & objects..  Sorry for
overlooking that..

> > What is the value of debug.max_recursion_level in config.ini?>
> > 	debug.max_recursion_level = 10
> This was a guard against circular references.  Consider:
> But anyway, the array returned from get_defined_classes should only be
> one-dimensional, so 10 is fine for the purpose!

Yes, but would this be a useful addition to pslNew:
	debug("declared_classes", get_declared_classes());

(which was the point of the email - I just underestimated the abilities
of debug)

Mike	
-- 
Mike Gifford, OpenConcept Consulting
Free Software for Social Change -> http://www.openconcept.ca
Featured Client: CUPE National -> http://www.cupe.ca
Whoever controls the media-the images-controls the culture - A. Ginsberg