factor/basis/tools/walker/walker-docs.factor

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IN: tools.walker
USING: help.syntax help.markup tools.continuations sequences math words ;
HELP: breakpoint
{ $values { "word" word } }
{ $description "Annotates a word definition to enter the single stepper when executed." } ;
HELP: breakpoint-if
{ $values { "word" word } { "quot" { $quotation "( -- ? )" } } }
{ $description "Annotates a word definition to enter the single stepper if the quotation yields true." } ;
HELP: B
{ $description "An alias for " { $link break } ", defined in the " { $vocab-link "syntax" } " vocabulary so that it is always available." } ;
ARTICLE: "breakpoints" "Setting breakpoints"
"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."
$nl
"Annotating a word with a breakpoint (see " { $link "tools.annotations" } "):"
{ $subsections
breakpoint
breakpoint-if
}
"Breakpoints can be inserted directly into code:"
{ $subsections
break
POSTPONE: B
}
"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." ;
ABOUT: "breakpoints"