Re: Debugger tries to access count property before _new completes

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 25/05/2024 à 17:02, Brian G a écrit :
> This is what appears to happen during a debug session..
>
> When _next is defined for a class the debugger tries to access the count 
> property before the
> _new completes, this sometimes causes strange behavior/hangs when the 
> count property depends upon the
> values internally being configured before the count value becomes valid.
>
> This seems to happen when a popup is open for the object from a previous 
> debug session, and goes from not available.
>
> My question is :  Do we have to guard against this somehow in our code, 
> or is it a debugger bug?
>
> It certainly led me down some strange and unexplainable paths until I 
> figured it out, sometimes even hanging the
> application.

This is a design problem in the debugger. Looking at variables can run 
code unexpectedly and create side effects. I think it cannot be avoided 
most of the time.

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Benoît Minisini.