From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-02-25T22:29:52+09:00
Subject: Re: proposal: debug keyword


"Simon Strandgaard" <neoneye@adslhome.dk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:pan.2004.02.25.12.16.49.825996@adslhome.dk...
> A debug keyword which enables debug-output for a specific method.
> I have found its useful when there is many testcases which fails
> at the same time, letting me faster identify where the problem is.
>
> I think this would be a good idea to have distributed with Ruby?
> I am thinking of submitting an RCR, should I do this?
>
>
>
> Its syntax is
>
>     debug :method [, :method]*
>
> What it does is to enable the global flag $debug.

More precisely it switches all output on or off in a method.  And that's
what I don't like about it: in your example class A behavior of "puts",
"print" etc. changes depending on the $debug flag.  That's IMHO not
compliant with POLS.  I'd prefer to have specialized methods for debug
printing.

Kind regards

    robert