lib/byebug/commands/tracevar.rb
require 'byebug/command' module Byebug # # Show (and possibily stop) at every line that changes a global variable. # class TracevarCommand < Command self.allow_in_post_mortem = false def regexp /^\s* tr(?:acevar)? (?: \s+ (\S+))? # (variable-name)? (?: \s+ (stop|nostop))? \s*$/x end def execute var = @match[1] return errmsg(pr('trace.errors.needs_global_variable')) unless var unless global_variables.include?(:"#{var}") return errmsg(pr('trace.errors.var_is_not_global', name: var)) end stop = @match[2] && @match[2] !~ /nostop/ instance_eval do trace_var(:"#{var}") { |val| on_change(var, val, stop) } end puts pr('trace.messages.success', var: var) end def on_change(name, value, stop) puts pr('trace.messages.on_change', name: name, value: value) byebug(1, false) if stop end class << self def names %w(tracevar) end def description prettify <<-EOD tr[acevar] <variable> [[no]stop] Start tracing variable <variable>. If "stop" is specified, execution will stop every time the variable changes its value. If nothing or "nostop" is specified, execution won't stop, changes will just be logged in byebug's output. EOD end end end end