[OT] Re: [ANN] tRev's new 'decoder' now showing...video is up!

Alex Tweedly alex at tweedly.net
Tue Aug 25 17:54:39 EDT 2009


Jerry Daniels wrote:
> Here's the link to the video showing how tRev's decoder works to help 
> you debug your code.
>
>     http://reveditor.com/de-construct-your-code-with-trevs-decoder-0
>
> This video talks about tRev and the new feature called 'decoder', but 
> also has a fairly in-depth discussion of modal debuggers and why they 
> have had difficulty in Revolution.
Love it. Thanks Jerry.

One suggestion (perhaps for discussion) ....

you mentioned the frequent requests for features that belong in a 
traditional debugger, but not in decoder. I think you would help reduce 
this, and help us all to remember that it is a different beast from an 
old-fashioned debugger, if you could  change the terminology used.

They are not "breakpoints" !  the execution doesn't 'break' when it gets 
to one. I think you should call them "statuspoints" or "contextpoints" 
or "monitorpoints" of some other name that more closely reflects their 
purpose and effect.

-- Alex.



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