Debugger Release Notes

Debugger 1.5.4

Fixed errors and malfunctions

• Debugger crashed when trying to save or load settings if the default directory $HOME/.erlang_tools/debugger had restricted access.
  (Own Id: OTP-3244)
  (Aux Id: seq3852 in supportsystem)

• The debugger can now handle bit syntax construction in guards.
  (Own Id: OTP-3741)

Improvements and new features

• Code has been cleared up to get rid of compiler warnings.
  (Own Id: OTP-3728)

• The debugger now uses debugged information in beam files, instead of compiling the modules to be debugged. That implies modules to be debugged must be compiled beforehand and they must be compiled with debug_info option. Also, there is no need to set any include paths (because no compilation is done). The source code is still needed for display purposes.
  

  The record editor has been removed, as record names are no longer known by the debugger.
  (Own Id: OTP-4151)

Known problems

• The "Interpret Dialog" window hangs if one tries to debug-compile a module residing in a sticky directory.
  (Own Id: OTP-2665)

• Included source code is not shown in the "Attached Process" window.
  (Own Id: OTP-3579)