# Vscode debugger fail

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-debugger-fail/96444
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [March 22, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-debugger-fail/96444 "2023-03-22T13:44:46Z")
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#### Post date: [March 22, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vscode-debugger-fail/96444/1 "2023-03-22T13:44:46Z")

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┌ Error: Some Julia code in the VS Code extension crashed  
└ @ VSCodeDebugger c:\Users\good.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.38.2\scripts\error\_handler.jl:15  
ERROR: ArgumentError: lowering returned an error, $(Expr(:error, “"1" is not a valid function argument name around C:\Users\good\Desktop\Untitled-1.jl:2”))  
Stacktrace:  
[1] VSCodeDebugger.JuliaInterpreter.Frame(mod::Module, ex::Expr)  
@ VSCodeDebugger.JuliaInterpreter c:\Users\good.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.38.2\scripts\packages\JuliaInterpreter\src\types.jl:281  
[2] get\_next\_top\_level\_frame(state::VSCodeDebugger.DebugAdapter.DebuggerState)  
@ VSCodeDebugger.DebugAdapter c:\Users\good.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.38.2\scripts\packages\DebugAdapter\src\debugger\_core.jl:60  
[3] our\_debug\_command(cmd::Symbol, state::VSCodeDebugger.DebugAdapter.DebuggerState)  
@ VSCodeDebugger.DebugAdapter c:\Users\good.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.38.2\scripts\packages\DebugAdapter\src\debugger\_core.jl:83  
[4] startdebug(socket::Base.PipeEndpoint, error\_handler::VSCodeDebugger.var"#3#4"{Tuple{String, String}})  
@ VSCodeDebugger.DebugAdapter c:\Users\good.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.38.2\scripts\packages\DebugAdapter\src\packagedef.jl:106  
[5] startdebugger()  
@ VSCodeDebugger c:\Users\good.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.38.2\scripts\packages\VSCodeDebugger\src\VSCodeDebugger.jl:43  
[6] top-level scope  
@ c:\Users\good.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.38.2\scripts\debugger\run\_debugger.jl:10  
[7] include(mod::Module, \_path::String)  
@ Base .\Base.jl:419  
[8] exec\_options(opts::Base.JLOptions)  
@ Base .\client.jl:303  
[9] \_start()  
@ Base .\client.jl:522