From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2008-09-18T20:39:03+09:00
Subject: Re: steping back with a debugger

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On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:48 AM, Lex Williams <etaern@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Does ruby have a debugger with the capability of steping back , so that
> I may see where "trouble" occurs ?
>

If by stepping back you mean "undoing" execution, then no.   In general, I
dont think that it's possible
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_computing

You can of course see the invocation stack to see how you got 'here', in
rdebug thats the where command.

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Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/

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