Subj : Re: Stuck with the basics
To   : Stu <stu.email@emailme.com>
From : Brendan Eich <brendan@meer.net>
Date : Tue May 27 2003 12:18 pm

Stu wrote:

> I've been using the documentation you mention from the start and not
> gettting anywhere theres not decent examples of Complile Script and Call
> Function.


The API you were calling takes the name of the function to compile, 
followed by number and names of its formal parameters, followed by the 
body of the function in a C string.  Therefore you shouldn't expect to 
have to write the entire function, including "function Hello() {" before 
the body, and "}" after.  That would be redundant, unnecessary.


> How do you debug? I've got error messages passing out to a ErrorReporter
> which writes to screen but thats it at the moment. I'd love more info can
> you point me towards a Debugging example?


I meant run the js shell, or your embedding of the 'monkey, under a 
C/C++ debugger.  If you're on Windows, MSVC and others come to mind.  On 
Linux and other Unixes, gdb.  What platform are you using?

/be

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