Feature Request: Auto-print after breakpoint

[spekary]

Having to constantly press the p command is getting tiresome. I would like to suggest a couple of features:

1) automatically execute a number of commands after a breakpoint. Commands could be semicolon separated. So like this:

_ = "breakpoint; p myInt; n; p myInt; c"

Which would cause the "myInt" variable to be printed, the next line to be executed, the "myInt" variable to be printed again, and then the continue command.

2) Set a mode so that the value of all local variables are automatically printed after a breakpoint, or during stepping.

[danielmanesku]

Excellent idea! I might take this feature to implement in coming weeks/months. I had a similar idea and went through issues of this project, to see if somebody already came up with something similar and I found this. My idea was to have some json file where you define your watches. Something like this:

{
  "a": [
    "var1",
    "var2",
    "var3"
  ],
  "b": [
    "var4",
    "var5"
  ]
}

In help menu you would get something along the lines:

-> _ = "breakpoint"
(godebug) h

Commands:
    (h) help: Print this help.
    (n) next: Run the next line.
    (s) step: Run for one step.
    (c) continue: Run until the next breakpoint.
    (l) list: Show the current line in context of the code around it.
    (p) print <expression>: Print a variable or any other Go expression.
    (q) quit: Exit the program. Uses os.Exit; deferred functions are not run.

    **(a) print variable group** 
    **(b) print variable group** 

Commands may be given by their full name or by their parenthesized abbreviation.

Pressing enter without typing anything repeats the previous command.

But now, I like your idea more! This way you don't have to maintain an external file, no additional command line parameter for file path.

@jeremyschlatter @FiloSottile what is your take on this?