Debugging in Julia - two ways



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2020 is definitely a year of oddities. My code often includes some weird bugs too. And in this post I want to show you several methods for debugging julia code.







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function is_amicable(a, b)
    sum_divisors(a) == b && sum_divisors(b) == a
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function sum_divisors(a)
    result = 0
    for i = 1:a
        if a % i == 0
            result += i
        end
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julia> is_amicable(220, 284)
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julia> @enter is_amicable(220, 284)
In is_amicable(a, b) at REPL[7]:1
 1  function is_amicable(a, b)
>2      sum_divisors(a) == b && sum_divisors(b) == a
 3  end

About to run: (sum_divisors)(220)
1|debug> 
      
      





@enter is_amicable(220, 284)



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julia> using Revise
julia> includet("amicable.jl")
julia> using Debugger
julia> @enter is_amicable(220, 284)
In is_amicable(a, b) at /home/ole/Julia/opensources/blog/2020-10-27-basics-debugging/amicable.jl:1
 1  function is_amicable(a, b)
>2      sum_divisors(a) == b && sum_divisors(b) == a
 3  end

About to run: (sum_divisors)(220)
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1|debug> n
In is_amicable(a, b) at /home/ole/Julia/opensources/blog/2020-10-27-basics-debugging/amicable.jl:1
 1  function is_amicable(a, b)
>2      sum_divisors(a) == b && sum_divisors(b) == a
 3  end

About to run: return false
      
      





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1|debug> s
In sum_divisors(a) at /home/ole/Julia/opensources/blog/2020-10-27-basics-debugging/amicable.jl:5
  5  function sum_divisors(a)
> 6      result = 0
  7      for i = 1:a
  8          if a % i == 0
  9              result += i
 10          end

About to run: 0
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1|debug> c
Hit breakpoint:
In sum_divisors(a) at /home/ole/Julia/opensources/blog/2020-10-27-basics-debugging/amicable.jl:5
  8          if a % i == 0
  9              result += i
 10          end
 11      end
>12      return result
 13  end

About to run: return 504
      
      





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function sum_divisors(a)
    result = 0
    #for i = 1:a
    for i = 1:a-1
        if a % i == 0
            result += i
        end
    end
    return result
end
      
      





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julia> is_amicable(220, 284)
true
      
      





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1|debug> w add i
1] i: 219

1|debug> w add a
1] i: 219
2] a: 220
      
      





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1|debug> w
1] i: 283
2] a: 284
      
      





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function is_amicable(a, b)
    sum_divisors(a) == b && sum_divisors(b) == a
end

function sum_divisors(a)
    result = 0
    for i = 1:a-1
        if a % i == 0
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        end
    end
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    return result
end

is_amicable(220, 284)
      
      





include("amicable.jl")



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Hit `@infiltrate` in sum_divisors(::Int64) at amicable.jl:14:

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debug> ?
  Code entered is evaluated in the current function's module. Note that you cannot change local
  variables.
  The following commands are special cased:
    - `@trace`: Print the current stack trace.
    - `@locals`: Print local variables.
    - `@stop`: Stop infiltrating at this `@infiltrate` spot.

  Exit this REPL mode with `Ctrl-D`, and clear the effect of `@stop` with `Infiltrator.clear_stop()`.
      
      





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debug> @trace
[1] sum_divisors(::Int64) at amicable.jl:14
[2] is_amicable(::Int64, ::Int64) at amicable.jl:4
[3] top-level scope at amicable.jl:18
[4] include(::String) at client.jl:457
      
      





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debug> @locals
- result::Int64 = 284
- a::Int64 = 220
      
      





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debug> a == 220
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Hit `@infiltrate` in sum_divisors(::Int64) at amicable.jl:14:

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In such a case, Infiltrator.jl is the way to go, at least for me, and so far the compiled mode of Debugger.jl is not working well enough. It has other disadvantages as well, since it does not happen all at once, but I think that it is often superior to use println



, since you can print everything that is currently of interest at a given breakpoint, and see all local variables in one go.







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