class Byebug::DebugCommand

Spawns a subdebugger and evaluates the given expression

Public Class Methods

description() click to toggle source
# File lib/byebug/commands/debug.rb, line 16
    def self.description
      <<-DESCRIPTION
        debug <expression>

        #{short_description}

        Allows, for example, setting breakpoints on expressions evaluated from
        the debugger's prompt.
      DESCRIPTION
    end
regexp() click to toggle source
# File lib/byebug/commands/debug.rb, line 12
def self.regexp
  /^\s* debug (?:\s+(\S+))? \s*$/x
end
short_description() click to toggle source
# File lib/byebug/commands/debug.rb, line 27
def self.short_description
  "Spawns a subdebugger"
end

Public Instance Methods

execute() click to toggle source
# File lib/byebug/commands/debug.rb, line 31
def execute
  return puts(help) unless @match[1]

  puts safe_inspect(separate_thread_eval(@match[1]))
end