Re:Ask HN: Why is output still popular in debugging?
by tenken on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @08:38PM
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> With breakpoints, you have to keep track in your head, not only of where you are, but of where you expect to be. They can be useful too, but I probably use print statements about ten times as often.
Thanks for putting this so clearly. That is the headache with breakpoints in complicated systems with lots of layers of indirection.
Thanks for putting this so clearly. That is the headache with breakpoints in complicated systems with lots of layers of indirection.