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A home for all bugs and feature requests about Python Mode for the Processing Development Environment.
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No feedback for simple errors in Python for Processing 4 #347

Open celinelatulipe opened 2 years ago

celinelatulipe commented 2 years ago

There is no feedback on errors in Python for Processing 4.

Two examples.

  1. Lack of cast. In the code in this screenshot, I am forgetting to cast a numeric variable (diam) to a str before concatenating it with a string variable. The sketch hangs and there is no feedback on the source of the error:

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  2. Mistyped variable name. In the code in this screenshot, I fixed the error above, but introduced a typo in the variable name (capitalized 'D' in diam). Again, the sketch hangs and there is no feedback in the Processing window about where and what the error is.

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Gyroglm commented 1 year ago

Confirming no runtime error messages for simple mistakes such as misspelled variables. program simply hangs

gsingh93 commented 1 year ago

Same issue here on macOS 12.6.1. I actually installed 3.5.4 as well as I've heard other say it worked, but I'm having the same issue there as well.

btingle commented 1 year ago

Same here, windows 11.

friedelleprof commented 1 year ago

I confirm, it is very confusing for students who are learning programming because they get stuck without knowing why.

villares commented 1 year ago

Dear @gsingh93, @btingle and @friedelleprof, please bear in mind that at this point Processing Python mode needs a new maintainer: https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-mode-needs-a-new-project-owner/36399/1

You might want to explore other options for teaching: https://github.com/villares/Resources-for-teaching-programming/blob/main/README.md#processing--python-tools-table