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Macaulay2 has a debugger.

• the debugger

Here are some other debugging tools.

See also

• error handling -- signalling and trapping errors

Menu

• the debugger
• debug -- assistant for debugging packages, dictionaries, etc
• assert -- check whether something is true, raise an error if not
• generateAssertions -- generate assert statements from experimental input
• benchmark -- accurate timing of execution
• browse -- browse the contents of an object
• code -- display source code
• current -- the pseudocode that produced an error
• currentPosition -- the current position in the current source file
• lineNumber -- current line number
• currentRowNumber -- current row number of the current input file
• currentColumnNumber -- current column number of the current input file
• currentFileName -- the current source file
• currentFileDirectory -- the directory containing the current input file
• pseudocode -- produce the pseudocode for a function
• disassemble -- disassemble a pseudocode or function
• frames -- get the frames associated to a closure
• functionBody -- get the body of a function
• dictionary -- determine the dictionary to which a symbol belongs
• dictionaryPath
• localDictionaries -- get local dictionaries
• fileDictionaries -- local dictionaries for loaded files
• edit -- edit source code
• backtrace -- whether a backtrace is displayed following an error message
• stopIfError -- whether to stop the program when an error occurs
• handleInterrupts
• debuggingMode -- whether to enter the debugger when an error occurs
• debugError -- a function to debug
• errorDepth -- set the error printing depth
• debugLevel -- current debugging level
• engineDebugLevel -- current engine debugging level
• loadDepth -- the load depth
• interpreterDepth -- nesting depth of the interpreter
• recursionDepth -- the current recursion depth
• recursionLimit -- set the limit on recursion
• flagLookup -- flag a symbol
• listLocalSymbols -- display of local symbols and their values
• listUserSymbols -- display the user's symbols
• commandInterpreter -- the top level command interpreter
• locate -- locate source code
• methods -- list methods
• on -- trace a function each time it's run
• peek -- examine contents of an object
• peek' -- examine contents of an object
• profile -- profile a computation
• shield -- shield evaluation from interrupts
• showStructure -- display parent structure
• showClassStructure -- display class structure
• showUserStructure -- show parent structure for those types defined by user
• userSymbols -- a list of the user's symbols
• listSymbols -- compact display of symbols and their values
• lookupCount -- reference count for a symbol
• serialNumber -- serial number of a dictionary, task, symbol, mutable hash table, or mutable list

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