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From: singer@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: LSC 3.0 "Context" + Passing parameters
Keywords: LSC, THINK, Context, Debugger
Message-ID: <5008@husc6.harvard.edu>
Date: 23 Jul 88 18:22:37 GMT
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In article <3653@bnrmtv.UUCP> west@bnrmtv.UUCP (andrew west) writes:
>   When you want to display a variable in the data window, you must
>   click on a line in your source which contains that variable and
>   then type the variable name (does cut/paste work?) in the data
>   window.  According to the LSC 3.0 manual, this gives the debugger a
>   "context" in which to evaluate the variable.

	Consult page 140 of the manual a bit more closely:

	"The debugger compiles the expressions you enter in the context
of the selected line in the Source window, or, if you haven't selected
a line, within the context of the current statement."

Evaluation of expressions: (page 142):

	"The debugger re-evaluates the expressions in the data window every
time your program stops. Expressions whose context isn't in the current 
function are not re-evaluated unless they have global scope [that is,
the expression refers to "static" or global storage --RS].

		--Rich

Rich Siegel
THINK Technologies



Rich Siegel
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THINK Technologies Division, Symantec Corp.
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