2 USING: help.syntax help.markup tools.continuations sequences math words ;
5 { $values { "word" word } }
6 { $description "Annotates a word definition to enter the single stepper when executed." }
8 { $unchecked-example "USE: tools.walker \\ sq breakpoint"
14 { $values { "word" word } { "quot" { $quotation ( -- ? ) } } }
15 { $description "Annotates a word definition to enter the single stepper if the quotation yields true. The quotation has access to the datastack as it exists just before " { $snippet "word" } " is called." }
17 "Break if the input to sq is 3:"
19 "USE: tools.walker \\ sq [ dup 3 = ] breakpoint-if"
25 { $description "An alias for " { $link break } ", defined in the " { $vocab-link "syntax" } " vocabulary so that it is always available." } ;
28 { $description "A breakpoint for parsing words. When this word is executed, it copies the definition of the following parsing word, prepends a " { $link break } " to it so that it is the first word to be executed when the definition is called, and calls this new definition.\n\nWhen the walker tool opens, execution will still be inside " { $link POSTPONE: B: } ". To step out of B: and into the parsing word, do just that: jump out with O, then into with I." } ;
30 ARTICLE: "breakpoints" "Setting breakpoints"
31 "In addition to invoking the walker explicitly through the UI, it is possible to set breakpoints on words using words in the " { $vocab-link "tools.walker" } " vocabulary."
33 "Annotating a word with a breakpoint (see " { $link "tools.annotations" } "):"
38 "Breakpoints can be inserted directly into code:"
44 "Note that because the walker calls various core library and UI words while rendering its own user interface, setting a breakpoint on a word such as " { $link append } " or " { $link + } " will hang the UI." ;