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Python Omniscient Debugger
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Python Omniscient Debugger
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/rodsenra/pode
- Owner: rodsenra
- Created: 2013-02-13T18:14:10.000Z (over 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2013-05-29T02:38:43.000Z (over 11 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-04-12T00:18:59.332Z (5 months ago)
- Language: Python
- Size: 5.02 MB
- Stars: 47
- Watchers: 8
- Forks: 4
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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README
pode
====
**pode** stands for Python Omniscient Debugger.
Feel free to join the discussion [via email](mailto:[email protected])
or browse the [discussion group](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/pode_py).
About
=======
It all began in 1969, when Bob Balzer implemented a version of omniscient debugging for Fortran.
From [1]:
> Omniscient debugging describes the concept that debuggers should know everything about the run of a program,
> that they should remember every state change, and be able to present to you the value of any variable at any
> point in time. Essentially, omniscient debugging means that you can go backwards in time.
Inspired by the article "Omniscient Debugging - an easier way to find program bugs" by Bil Lewis [1],
I decided to explore the issue in Python.
This project is an informal exploration on the subject.
Architecture
============
+----------+ +----------+ +-------+ +---------+
| Inferior |==>| Event |==> | Event |<->| Info |
| Process | | Recorder | | DB | | Browser |
+----------+ +----------+ +-------+ +---------+
The process being debugged is called the **inferior process**.
The **event recorder** is responsible for monitoring the inferior processes to detect events.
These events are recorded in the **event database**.
The **info browser** queries the event database and displays information related to the recorded events.
Strategies
==========
My first strategy is to leverage sys.settrace as the main hook in the Python Virtual Machine (PVM) to record events.
A function registered with sys.settrace will act as event recorder.
There can be many event database backends. The main requirement is support for fast data insertions (write operations).
I would like to explore Redis, ElasticSearch and Neo4J as backends.
Moreover, I will use a regular Web browser to build the *info browser*.
For the time being, we are not resorting to application code instrumentation.
Related Work
============
* [pdb](http://docs.python.org/2/library/pdb.html)
* [ipdb](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ipdb)
* [epdb](https://code.google.com/p/epdb/) remarkable Reversible Debugger by Patrick Sabin
* [pydb](http://bashdb.sourceforge.net/pydb/)
* [ddd](http://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/)
* [pydbgr](http://code.google.com/p/pydbgr/)
* [pudb](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pudb)
* [winpdb, rpdb2](http://winpdb.org/)
* [TOD](http://pleiad.dcc.uchile.cl/tod/) is a portable Trace-Oriented Debugger for Java integrated into the Eclipse IDE.
See "Scalable Omniscient Debugging" by Guillaume Pothier, Éric Tanter and José Piquer.
References
==========
Several articles examined are included in the directory docs/external.
* [1] "Omniscient Debbuging - an easier way to find program bugs".
Bil Lewis. Dr. Dobbs Journal. June 2005.
* [2] Epdb - [Code](http://code.google.com/p/epdb/) and [Thesis](http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/Diplomarbeiten/sabin11.pdf)
* [3] [Video at YouTube](http://youtu.be/MxzZXBI5T1s) (in pt-br) with a presentation about this project
* [4] [EXDAMS](http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_memoranda/2009/RM5772.pdf)