[MacRuby-devel] Setting Breakpoints/Debugger

[Paul Howson]

On 19/06/2009, at 6:26 AM, Laurent Sansonetti wrote:

> I agree nevertheless that we need a debugger. Ideally we should  
> modify the compiler to emit debugging traps that can be used by a  
> regular debugger, then we can write an UI for it. But as I wrote  
> earlier this isn't something very high on the roadmap for now,  
> because there are more high priority things to do. If someone is  
> willing to give this a try, he's very welcome, though.

Well, you can debug Objective-C inside xcode -- stepping through the  
source, etc. So doesn't xcode already provide a UI? Surely this would  
be the desirable route for a MacRuby debugging facility -- once that  
works inside xcode just like Objective-C?

Paul