[Gambas-user] No-op command

[José J. Rodríguez]

On 18 July 2021 13:00:03 GMT-04:00, Tobias Boege via User <user at lists.gambas-basic.org> wrote:
>On Sun, 18 Jul 2021, Karl Reinl wrote:
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>> Am Montag, den 19.07.2021, 00:19 +0930 schrieb bb:
>> > I need a Gambas command that does nothing, like a NOP, where I can
>> > set
>> > a breakpoint for debugging, any good ideas?
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>> > tia
>> > bruce
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>> Salut,
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>> Debug "stop" or Print "stop"
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>
>In fact, there is a STOP keyword, which acts like a breakpoint.
>But this is *always* a breakpoint when encountered in debug mode,
>not something you can turn on or off dynamically.
>

I tend to use a global "flag" together with if statements in the code, for debug output where needed. This could work for stop? 

>Otherwise, I'd use a constant statement like
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>  Pi
>
>It's short, quick, strange and reasonably easy to find for you
>(but not easy to interpret for your coworkers, I guess). Unlike
>Debug and Print, it does not pollute the output of your program.
>
>Best,
>Tobias

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