From: Bill Atkins <batkins57@...>
Date: 2004-10-08T04:46:28+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] dev-utils v1.0

Wow, breakpoint looks _really_ useful.  I await RPA-ification.

Bill

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 03:40:34 +0900, Gavin Sinclair
<gsinclair@soyabean.com.au> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> It's with great relief that I finally release dev-utils 1.0.  Never
> have I put so much effort into a project with so little code.  (That's
> because the effort was wasted on documentation...)
> 
> It's gem-only at the moment.  Within a few days, I'll release 1.0.1
> complete with tarball, and see its way clear to the RPA.  For now,
> though, it's 4am and I'm off to bed.
> 
> BTW, it depends on newly-released extensions-0.5.  I'll be in touch,
> Mauricio :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Gavin
> 
> About dev-utils:
> 
>   With dev-utils/debug you can:
> 
>      * Escape to an IRB session from a running program.
> 
>   breakpoint
>   breakpoint 'Person#name'           # Identify it when it happens.
>   breakpoint { @name }               # Default return value.
> 
>      * Access a no-config logfile for debugging.
> 
>   debug 'Database connection established'   # Look in ./debug.log
> 
>      * Trace expressions in that logfile.
> 
>   trace 'x + y'
>   trace 'Process.pid'
>   trace 'names', :pp                 # Pretty-print.
>   trace 'page_structure', :yaml      # YAML representation.
> 
> Home page:         http://dev-utils.rubyforge.org
> Project page:      http://rubyforge.org/projects/dev-utils
> Download:          http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=270
> API Documentation: http://dev-utils.rubyforge.org/api
> 
>