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After watching numerous posts on problematic code, I believe a new programming project is worthwhile -- a Kixtart script Debugger.
The most common mistakes seem to be syntax errors rather than logic errors, so I propose and am willing to work on creating a program (or even a .kix script) that can analyze scripts for syntax and logic errors.
Here are the preliminary proposed functions of such a program:
1. Detect syntax problems with quotes, parentheses, operators, and expressions.
2. Detect general problems with multipart functions, such as loops, user-defined functions, and File handles.
3. Trace through a script while tracking the values of all expressions, variables, and error codes currently in use.
4. Suggest ways to tighten code, perhaps consolidating statements and/or simplifying case/if statements.
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These are just a start. Is anyone interested or would like to post more ideas on something like this? Or is there a current product available that already provides this functionality? Any and all input would be greatly appreciated.
Brian
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