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-- TODO: (debug, ZZ)
doc ///
Key
debug
(debug, Package)
Headline
open the private dictionary of a package
Usage
debug pkg
Inputs
pkg:Package
Consequences
Item
the private dictionary of the package @TT "pkg"@ is added to @TO "dictionaryPath"@
so its non-exported symbols are visible to the user
Description
Text
For example, the private dictionary for Macaulay2 may be opened using
Example
debug Core
Text
This allows access to the low level ("raw") routines implemented by the Macaulay2 engine,
although this is mainly useful for debugging Macaulay2 itself.
Example
R = QQ[a..d];
raw R
SeeAlso
export
"dictionaryPath"
///
document {
Key => "step",
Headline => "step by single lines in the debugger",
Usage => "step n",
Inputs => { "n" => ZZ },
Consequences => {
{"This command is active within the debugger. The current expression is executed and execution
is continued until ", TT "n", " lines of source code whose load depth is as large as ", TO "errorDepth", " have
been encountered. If ", TT "n", " is omitted, then 1 is used. If ", TT "n", " is negative then
instead, ", TT "n", " microsteps in the inner interpreter are executed and traced." }
},
PARA {
"One useful way to debug code suspected of being in error is to insert an explicit error message, such
as ", TT ///error "debug me"///, ", and start stepping from there, as in the following demonstration."
},
EXAMPLE lines ///
load "Macaulay2Doc/demo2.m2"
code f
f 0
return
current
disassemble oo
step(-3)
step
step
t
///,
SeeAlso => { "debugging" }
}
document { Key => "engineDebugLevel",
Headline => "current engine debugging level",
"This variable is in place, but the corresponding code is not implemented yet."
}
document { Key => "debuggingMode",
Headline => "whether to enter the debugger when an error occurs",
Usage => "debuggingMode = true",
Consequences => {{"the debugger will be entered when an error occurs"}}}
document { Key => "debugLevel",
Headline => "current level debugging",
Usage => "debugLevel = n",
Inputs => {"n" => ZZ },
"Some M2 routines will display debugging information if ", TO "debugLevel", " is set to a value greater than 0."}
document { Key => "debugError",
Headline => "a function to debug",
Usage => "debugError()",
"In certain situations, after an error occurs, the offending code, in the form of a function, will be stored in the
variable ", TO "debugError", ", so the user can debug it by running it."
}
document { Key => "stopIfError",
Headline => "whether to stop the program when an error occurs",
PARA {
"This can be useful for showing code in documentation examples that results
in an error being raised. For an example, see ", TO "assert", "."
}
}
document { Key => "interpreterDepth",
Headline => "nesting depth of the interpreter",
SeeAlso => {commandInterpreter}}
document { Key => "notify",
Headline => "whether to notify the user when a file is loaded",
Usage => "notify = true\nnotify = false",
Consequences => {
{"If ", TO "notify", " is set to ", TO "true", ", then each time a file or a package is loaded, a message will be displayed."}
},
EXAMPLE lines ///
notify = true
loadPackage "FirstPackage"
///,
SeeAlso => {load, needs, loadPackage, needsPackage}
}
document { Key => commandInterpreter,
Headline => "the top level command interpreter",
Usage => "commandInterpreter f",
Inputs => {
"f" => { TT "()", " or ", ofClass{Dictionary, Symbol, Pseudocode, Function} }
},
Consequences => {{"the top level command interpreter will be called with the symbols in the lexical scope of ", TT "f", " visible to the user."}},
"One more ", TT "i", " will be added to prompt each time the command interpreter is entered. To leave it, type ", TT "end", " or the end of file character.",
EXAMPLE lines ///
f = (x -> y -> 11) 13
commandInterpreter f
x
end
x
///,
"This facility is useful as a debugging tool, and is used by the standard debugger."
}
document {
Key => flagLookup,
Headline => "flag a symbol",
Usage => "flagLookup x",
Inputs => { "x" => Symbol },
Outputs => {
Boolean => {"whether each subsequent reference to the symbol ", TT "x", " will result in an error message"}
},
Consequences => {{
"The first use arranges for each subsequent reference to the symbol ", TT "x", " to result in an error message.
The second use cancels the arrangement. Each subsequent use toggles the state."
}},
PARA {
"To get access to a flagged symbol without signalling an error, use ", TO "getGlobalSymbol", "."
}
}
document {
Key => error,
Headline => "deliver error message",
Usage => "error s",
Inputs => {
"s" => String => "a string or a sequence of things that can be converted to strings"
},
Consequences => {
"an error message is displayed"
},
TT "error s", " causes an error message s to be displayed.",
PARA{},
"The error message ", TT "s", " (which should be a string or a sequence of
things that can be converted to strings and concatenated) is printed.
Execution of the code is interrupted, and control is returned
to top level. Here is an explicit example showing how this command is used:",
PRE M2CODE///exampleCode = p -> (
if not isPrime p
then error "expected a prime integer";
if p == 2
then error "expected an odd prime";
lift((p+1)/2, ZZ)
);///,
PARA {
"Eventually we will have a means of ensuring that the line
number printed out with the error message will have more
significance, but currently it is the location in the code of
the error expression itself."
},
PARA {
"If the error message begins with a hyphen, then the word \"error\" will not be
inserted into the error message."
}
}
document {
Key => "recursionLimit",
Headline => "set the limit on recursion",
Usage => "recursionLimit = n",
Inputs => { "n" => ZZ },
Consequences => { {"The recursion depth limit for the interpreter is set to ", TT "n", "."} },
"Each time a function is called, the recursion depth is incremented by
1, and each time a function returns, the recursion depth is decremented.
This limit on recursion depth is a way to detect infinite loops."
}
document {
Key => recursionDepth,
Headline => "the current recursion depth",
Usage => "recursionDepth()",
Outputs => { ZZ => "the current depth of recursion in the interpreter" },
EXAMPLE lines ///
recursionDepth()
f = x -> recursionDepth()
f()
g = x -> f()
g()
///,
"Tail recursion optimization may be in effect, so there the answer may not always be what you expect.",
EXAMPLE lines ///
r = i -> if i == 100 then recursionDepth() else r(i+1)
r 0
///,
SeeAlso => { "recursionLimit" }
}
document {
Key => FilePosition,
Headline => "the class of all file positions",
TT "FilePosition", " -- a type of list designed to represent a position
in a file.",
PARA{},
"It's implemented as a list with 3, 5 or 7 elements. The first part is the file name, then each pair is a row/column position.
A single pair is a position, two form a range. The last pair is the central point of interest in that range."
}
document {
Key => {profile,(profile, Function),(profile, String, Function)},
Headline => "profile a function",
TT "f = profile f", " -- replace a global function ", TT "f", " by a profiled version.",
PARA{},
"The new function is the same as the old one, except that when the new function is run, it will record the number of times it
is called and the total execution time. Use the command ", TO "profileSummary", " to display the data recorded so far.",
EXAMPLE lines ///
R = ZZ/31[x]
f = (x^110+1)*(x^13+1)
time factor f
g = () -> factor f
g = profile g
h = profile("h", () -> factor f)
for i to 10 do (g();h();h())
profileSummary
///}
document {
Key => profileSummary,
Headline => "display profiling data",
TT "profileSummary", " -- a command that will display the data
accumulated by running functions produced with ", TO "profile", "."
}
document {
Key => uncurry,
Headline => "uncurry a function",
TT "uncurry(f, (a,b))", " -- computes ", TT "((f a) b)", ".",
BR{},
TT "uncurry(f, (a,b,c))", " -- computes ", TT "(((f a) b) c)", ".",
BR{},
TT "uncurry(f, (a,b,c,d))", " -- computes ", TT "((((f a) b) c) d)", ".",
BR{},
"... and so on.",
EXAMPLE {
"f = a -> b -> c -> [a,b,c]",
"uncurry(f, (1,2,3))"
}
}
document {
Key => "handleInterrupts",
Usage => "handleInterrupts = b",
Inputs => { "b" => Boolean },
Outputs => { Boolean => { "the value of ", TT "b" }},
Consequences => {
{
"If ", TT "b", " is ", TO "false", ", then the default operating system actions for the signals ", TT "SIGINT", ", and ", TT "SIGALRM", " are restored,
and thus typing CTRL-C or the triggering of an ", TO "alarm", " will result in the Macaulay2 process terminating immediately.
If ", TT "b", " is ", TO "true", ", then the default Macaulay2 signal handlers are installed,
and thus control will be returned to top level after the code currently executing notices that the interrupt flag has been set."
}
},
PARA {
"The command line option ", TT "--int", " has the same effect as ", TT "handleInterrupts=false", "."
}
}
document {
Key => {on,[on,CallLimit],[on,Name],[on,GenerateAssertions],GenerateAssertions,CallLimit},
Headline => "trace a function each time it's run",
Usage => "on f",
Inputs => {
"f" => Function,
CallLimit => ZZ => {"the maximum number of times to permit the function ", TT "f", " to be called"},
Name => String => {"the name to use for the function, in case ", TT "f", " is an anonymous function (not assigned to a global variable)"},
GenerateAssertions => Boolean => {
"whether to print assertion statements that can be used as input to Macaulay2 to
check the behavior of the function remains the same. Arguments and values are prepared
with ", TO "toExternalString", ", failure of which is silently ignored."
}
},
Outputs => { Function => {"a new function that returns the same values that ", TT "f", " would have returned, but has a few side effects
useful for debugging: upon entry, it prints its arguments, and upon exit it prints its return values. The display includes the name of ", TT "f", ",
a sequence number in parentheses that tells how many times the function has been called, and a number in brackets that gives the nesting (recursion) depth.
The sequence number allows the entry and exit reports to be connected."
}},
PARA{
"Ideally, this function would replace ", TT "f", ", i.e., we would write ", TT "f = on f", ". Unfortunately, all the pre-installed system functions
are write-protected; fortunately, their methods are not, and can be replaced."
},
EXAMPLE lines ///
ker Matrix := on(lookup(ker,Matrix),GenerateAssertions=>true,Name=>"ker"); -* no-capture-flag *-
f = x -> kernel (x|x);
R = QQ[a..c];
f vars R
///,
SeeAlso => {"lookup"}
}
doc ///
Key
assert
(assert, Thing)
(assert, Expression)
Headline
check whether something is true, raise an error if not
Usage
assert x
Inputs
x:Thing
Description
Text
@TT "assert x"@ raises an error if @TT "x"@ isn't true.
Example
stopIfError = false;
assert( (2+2) === 4)
assert(rank matrix {{1, 2}, {2, 4}} == 2)
Text
If @TT "x"@ is an @TO Expression@ that evaluates to false, then
a partially evaluated form is printed with the error message to
assist in debugging.
Example
assert Equation(rank matrix {{1, 2}, {2, 4}}, 2)
SeeAlso
generateAssertions
"stopIfError"
///
document {
Key => notImplemented,
Headline => "print an 'not implemented' error message",
Usage => "notImplemented()",
TT "notImplemented()", " prints an error message that
says \"not implemented yet\"."
}
document {
Key => "errorDepth",
Headline => "set the error printing depth",
TT "errorDepth = i", " -- sets the error depth to ", TT "i", ", which should be
a small integer, returning the old value.",
PARA{
"During the backtrace after an error message, a position in interpreted
code is displayed and the debugger is entered only if the load depth was at least as large at the
time the code was parsed as the error depth is now.
The default value is 3, which shows only positions in the user's code and positions
inside loaded packages whose debugging mode is true. Set it to 2 to also debug statements
inside loaded packages, except for the package ", TO "Core", ". Set it to 1 to also
debug statements in the core, and set it to 0 to debug statements in the bootstrap code."
},
SeeAlso => { "loadDepth" }
}
document {
Key => "loadDepth",
Headline => "the load depth",
TT "loadDepth = i", " -- sets the load depth to ", TT "i", ", which should be
a small integer, returning the old value.",
PARA{
"During the backtrace after an error message, a position in interpreted
code is displayed only if the load depth at the
time the code was parsed is at least as large as the error depth is now. The load depth
is set to 0 initially, is set to 1 when the files of the ", TO "Core", "
package are being loaded, is set to 2 while loading a package with the ", TO "debuggingMode", " option
set to ", TO "false", ", and is set to 3 while loading a package with the ", TO "debuggingMode", " option
set to ", TO "true", " and for user input."
},
PARA {
"The value of ", TO "loadDepth", " active when code is parsed is referred to later when
error messages are being handled: see ", TO "errorDepth", ", and it is also displayed, in parentheses,
when the error message is printed."
},
Caveat => { "The user should not attempt to adjust the value of ", TO "loadDepth", "." },
}
document {
Key => benchmark,
Headline => "accurate timing of execution",
Inputs => {
"s" => String => "a string containing Macaulay2 code"
},
Outputs => {
RR => {"the number of seconds it takes to evaluate the code in ", TT "s"}
},
Usage => "benchmark s",
"Produces an accurate timing for the code contained in the string ", TT "s", ". The value returned is the number of seconds.",
EXAMPLE {
///benchmark "sqrt 2p100000"///
},
"The snippet of code provided will be run enough times to register
meaningfully on the clock, and the garbage collector will be called
beforehand.",
}
undocumented {(code, Nothing)}
document {
Key => {
code,
(code, Symbol),
(code, Command),
(code, Function),
(code, Sequence),
(code, Pseudocode),
(code, List),
(code, ZZ)},
Headline => "display source code",
SYNOPSIS (
Usage => "code f",
Inputs => {
"f" => {ofClass{Function,Command}}
},
Outputs => {Net => {"the source code of the function or command", TT "f"}},
EXAMPLE "code listUserSymbols"
),
SYNOPSIS {
Usage => "code(f,X)",
Inputs => {
"f" => {ofClass{Function,Keyword}},
"X" => Type
},
Outputs => {Net => {"the source code of method for applying ", TT "f", " to an
argument of type ", TT "X"
}},
EXAMPLE "code(res,Ideal)"
},
SYNOPSIS {
Usage => "code(f,X,Y)",
Inputs => {
"f" => {ofClass{Function,Keyword}},
"X" => Type,
"Y" => Type
},
Outputs => {Net => {"the source code of method for applying ", TT "f", " to
arguments of type ", TT "X", " and ", TT "Y"
}},
EXAMPLE "code(symbol :, Ideal, Ideal)"
},
SYNOPSIS {
Usage => "code(f,X,Y,Z)",
Inputs => {
"f" => {ofClass{Function,Keyword}},
"X" => Type,
"Y" => Type,
"Z" => Type
},
Outputs => {Net => {"the source code of method for applying ", TT "f", " to
arguments of type ", TT "X", ", ", TT "Y", ", and ", TT "Z"
}}
},
SYNOPSIS {
Usage => "code(f,X,Y,Z,T)",
Inputs => {
"f" => {ofClass{Function,Keyword}},
"X" => Type,
"Y" => Type,
"Z" => Type,
"T" => Type
},
Outputs => {Net => {"the source code of method for applying ", TT "f", " to
arguments of type ", TT "X", ", ", TT "Y", ", ", TT "Z", ", and ", TT "T"
}}
},
SYNOPSIS {
Usage => "code {v,w,...}",
Inputs => {
"{v,w,...}" => List
},
Outputs => {Net => {"the source code of the functions or commands", TT "v,w,...", ".
Such a list can be obtained, for example, with ", TO "methods", "."
}},
EXAMPLE "code methods use"
},
SeeAlso => {"edit", "methods"}
}
document {
Key => edit,
Headline => "edit source code",
SYNOPSIS {
Usage => "edit f",
Inputs => {
"f" => {ofClass{Function,Command}}
},
Outputs => {Net => {"the editor is started up, pointing at the source code of the function or command", TT "f"}},
},
SYNOPSIS {
Usage => "edit(f,X)",
Inputs => {
"f" => {ofClass{Function,Keyword}},
"X" => Type
},
Outputs => {Net => {"the editor is started up, pointing at the source code of method for applying ", TT "f", " to an
argument of type ", TT "X"
}},
},
SYNOPSIS {
Usage => "edit(f,X,Y)",
Inputs => {
"f" => {ofClass{Function,Keyword}},
"X" => Type,
"Y" => Type
},
Outputs => {Net => {"the editor is started up, pointing at the source code of method for applying ", TT "f", " to
arguments of type ", TT "X", " and ", TT "Y"
}},
},
SYNOPSIS {
Usage => "edit(f,X,Y,Z)",
Inputs => {
"f" => {ofClass{Function,Keyword}},
"X" => Type,
"Y" => Type,
"Z" => Type
},
Outputs => {Net => {"the editor is started up, pointing at the source code of method for applying ", TT "f", " to
arguments of type ", TT "X", ", ", TT "Y, and ", TT "Z"
}}
},
SYNOPSIS {
Usage => "edit(f,X,Y,Z,T)",
Inputs => {
"f" => {ofClass{Function,Keyword}},
"X" => Type,
"Y" => Type,
"Z" => Type,
"T" => Type
},
Outputs => {Net => {"the editor is started up, pointing at the source code of method for applying ", TT "f", " to
arguments of type ", TT "X", ", ", TT "Y, and ", TT "Z", ", and ", TT "T"
}}
},
PARA{
"The name of the user's preferred editor is take from the environment
variable ", TT "EDITOR", ". If X is running and the editor is not
emacs, then the editor is started in a new ", TT "xterm", " window."
},
PARA{
"For an interactive example, try ", TT "edit(dim,Module)", ".",
},
PARA{
"The value returned is the exit code returned by the editor, as with ", TO "run", ", usually zero."
}
}
-- TODO: this needs some upgrades
-- TODO: also show how to use "headlines methods X"
document {
Key => {
methods,
(methods, Command),
(methods, Manipulator),
(methods, Package),
(methods, Sequence),
(methods, Thing),
(methods, ScriptedFunctor),
(methods, Symbol),
(methods, Type)
},
Headline => "list methods",
SYNOPSIS (
Usage => "methods x",
Inputs => {
"x" => { ofClass{Function,Type,Keyword,Package} }
},
Outputs => {{
ofClass VerticalList, " of those methods associated with ", TT "x"
}},
EXAMPLE lines ///
methods BettiTally
methods resolution
methods symbol @@
///
),
SYNOPSIS (
Usage => "methods(s,X)",
Inputs => {
"s" => Symbol, "X" => Type
},
Outputs => {{
ofClass VerticalList, " of those methods associated with the operator ", TT "s",
" and the type ", TT "X"
}},
EXAMPLE lines ///
methods( symbol ++, Module)
///
),
SYNOPSIS (
Usage => "methods(X,Y)",
Inputs => {
"X" => Type, "Y" => Type
},
Outputs => {{
ofClass VerticalList, " of those methods associated with "
}},
EXAMPLE lines ///
methods( Matrix, Matrix )
///
),
"This function operates by examining those types that are values of
global symbols for keys that appear to be storing references to
methods. Types that don't appear as values of global variables will
not be examined, so perhaps not all methods will be found.",
SeeAlso => {
(options, ZZ), (code, ZZ), (code, List),
(locate, List), (makeDocumentTag, List)
}
}
document { Key => "backtrace",
Headline => "whether a backtrace is displayed following an error message",
Usage => "backtrace = false",
Consequences => { "a backtrace will not displayed following an error message" }
}
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