v.9 breakpoint fixed?

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v.9 breakpoint fixed?

Post by dunbarx » Mon Jul 09, 2018 5:49 pm

Anyone know if the red dot breakpoint issue has been fixed in v.9.0.1 RC-1? The reason I ask is because it is stated that:

"- a couple of issues with breakpoints are now fixed"

I would switch from v8 for that alone.

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Re: v.9 breakpoint fixed?

Post by LiveCode_Panos » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:31 pm

Hi Craig,

Which specific breakpoint issue are you referring to? It is worth giving LC 9.0.1 rc1 a try, and tell us if you see any breakpoint-related bug, so as we fix it in the next release.

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Re: v.9 breakpoint fixed?

Post by dunbarx » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:48 pm

Hello Panos.

I am referring to the red dot issue, where changes to the script editor will likely disable an already in-place "soft" breakpoint.

This is discussed in the forums, for example, "Soft Breakpoints are too soft".

I can duplicate this any time, though the result is intermittent. Set a soft breakpoint. Run the handler. Execution stops as advertised. Now add a few lines, or delete a few. The breakpoint moves with the edited text, but fails to halt execution.

Hold on. There, I just did it. v 8.1.9

Craig

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Re: v.9 breakpoint fixed?

Post by jacque » Tue Jul 10, 2018 5:53 pm

You won't see any differences between LC 9 and LC 8 except for the numerous bug fixes and increased feature set. Why not just try it? Your copy of LC 8 will still be available if you want to go back, the file formats are the same.
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Re: v.9 breakpoint fixed?

Post by dunbarx » Tue Jul 10, 2018 7:17 pm

Jacque just wrote:
Why not just try it?
I wrote earlier:
Hold on. There, I just did it. v 8.1.9
To be fair to Jacque, I also tried it in 9.0.1. I just didn't mention it. I loaded v9 and tested, and then went back to my trusty v.8 and posted.

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Re: v.9 breakpoint fixed?

Post by jacque » Tue Jul 10, 2018 9:07 pm

In that case, since you have a reproducible recipe, a bug report is in order.
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