Support Debugger

[zjhmale]

Wrapping GHC debugger API seems to be a possible way to fix this.

[zjhmale]

Another possible is to use GHCi debugger.

https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/7.8.2/docs/html/users_guide/ghci-debugger.html https://github.com/atom-haskell/haskell-debug

[sir4ur0n]

Hey, now that Intellij Haskell is a lot more mature, maybe we could reconsider this? I don't know about GHC, but GHCi API for debugging is quite nice, and I feel like it would be possible to integrate it into the Intellij debugger view (maybe I'm too naive though).

• Frames -> :history (this is not exactly a stack, but it's as close as we can get, I think?)
• Variables -> :show bindings
• Toggle breakpoint -> :break / :delete
• Blue highlight of current debugged expression -> :list bold part
• Evaluate expression -> Direct evaluation in GHCi

[mthaak]

Is someone else working on this? I'm currently trying to figure out how much work it would be to implement it myself.

[rikvdkleij]

@mthaak

Is someone else working on this?

No, no one is working on this.

I'm currently trying to figure out how much work it would be to implement it myself.

Great!

[astrolemonade]

Any signs of life for the debugger idea?

[rikvdkleij]

Don’t expect from me to implement debugger support. My spare time will be used for other issues and improvements. It would be really great if someone else can pick this up.

[mthaak]

Neither from me. I love the idea but I don't have the skillset, and more importantly time, to implement this

[SoptikHa2]

@rikvdkleij is this project still alive, and does it makes sense to contribute?

I'm currently slowly starting to look for a project for my bachelor's work, and this might potentially be a good one.

[rikvdkleij]

@SoptikHa2 the project is in maintenance mode but you can still make contributions