Re: Debug - Step Over...

Yuck, but Thank You!! 

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On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 2:31 PM
To: 'Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries'
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Debug - Step Over...

From: Turnidge, Dave

It was my understanding that "Step Over" in debug would SKIP the line 
you were on; in other words, NOT go down into an EXSR, but continue 
debugging with the next line AFTER the EXSR.

No, step over steps over calls to procedures and other programs.

When I "Step Over", it actually steps INTO, and I process the 
subroutine...

Subroutine are not seen as procedures, but simply as gotos.  A step over
a GOTO will take you to the corresponding TAG statement.

Have I got something set wrong, or is this a bug that needs fixing?

Neither.  It's just the way it works.  I often wish that subroutines
were handled the same way as procedures, but they aren't.  My guess is
that they compile down to a GOTO and the debugger can't tell the
difference.  But in any case, the only way to not execute the lines of a
subroutine is to actually set a breakpoint on the line after the EXSR
and do a Resume.

Joe


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