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authorHans Bolinder <[email protected]>2017-03-31 16:41:48 +0200
committerHans Bolinder <[email protected]>2017-04-27 10:26:48 +0200
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debugger: Improve handling of pids, ports, and refs
The extended parser is used by the debugger for handling pids, ports, references, and external funs in the evaluator area and in the bindings area. Notice that pids, ports, references, and external funs that cannot be created in the currently running are ignored (as before).
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diff --git a/lib/debugger/doc/src/debugger_chapter.xml b/lib/debugger/doc/src/debugger_chapter.xml
index 45dfdb3776..3c37d4b924 100644
--- a/lib/debugger/doc/src/debugger_chapter.xml
+++ b/lib/debugger/doc/src/debugger_chapter.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -652,8 +652,10 @@ c_break(Bindings) ->
<item><p>The Bindings area, displaying all variables bindings. If you
click a variable name, the value is displayed in the Evaluator area.
Double-click a variable name to open a window where
- the variable value can be edited. Notice however that pid,
- reference, binary, or port values cannot be edited.</p>
+ the variable value can be edited. Notice however that pid, port,
+ reference, or fun
+ values cannot be edited unless they can be represented in the
+ running system.</p>
</item>
<item><p>The Trace area, which displays a trace output for the