Hi there, I just wanted to ask about the state of the debugger in Julia. I am coming from Matlab and the debugger there is quite important for me to see where something is going wrong. For example, using NLsolve is a bit of a black box for me. If it does not work, I don’t know where to start to loo…

Yes, there is a debugger: https://github.com/Keno/Gallium.jl It has not been updated to 0.6 yet, but I know that is a high priority and should be done relatively soon.

It’s worth noting that the latest Juno update has disabled Gallium integration until the Julia 0.6 update is done.

While you’re asking for a debugger, you could also post the NLsolve question here on discourse (there’s not really a dedicated sub, but you could maybe try Optimization (Mathematical) - JuliaLang ). I’ll be happy to assist!

Thank you for all the replies. I will definitely follow it more closely and see how it plays out with 0.6. Also thanks to pkofod, I might actually post there something next week as I get back to Uni. I am kind of curious to know, why it does not work in Julia at the moment.

ASTInterpreter2.jl works quite well in my experience, but doesn’t provide any breakpoints and stuff. Juno integration should hopefully be ready soonish (no promises though).

What is the current state of the debugger support (with breakpoints)? Will it be available in Julia 1.1 at least?

The development of a debugger is somewhat independent of the Julia version, because it is simply another package. Also, notice that I said a debugger, because it is possible for there to be many different julia debuggers, each with a different approach. To my knowledge, the only Julia 1.0 compatible…

Due to the closure of a related thread , I choose to ask my questions here - Is an official Julia-v1.0-compatible debugger being considered/planned at the moment? By ‘official’, I mean a debugger like the one (ASTIntepreter2) which works with v0.6 and can be embedded in JuliaPro. If so, when will it …

Since the thread about debuggers ( here ) was closed, I’m adding my answer to it here - I rely heavily on debuggers and the lack of a proper debugger for Julia and Juno is one of the main reasons I don’t switch to Julia. I use breakpoints, most of all, as a way of finding my own mistakes - I can wri…

State of the Debugger

General Usage

StefanKarpinski November 16, 2018, 10:18pm 15

People posting here may be interested in Compiler work priorities in which I’ve outlined the rough priorities for compiler-related work, including tools like debuggers.

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