[m-rev.] for review: atoms in the debugger

Fergus Henderson fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Wed Jan 2 17:31:46 AEDT 2002


On 02-Jan-2002, Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> On 31-Dec-2001, Zoltan Somogyi <zs at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> > Give the debugger the ability to print atoms.
> 
> As a matter of terminology, I don't think we should use the term "atom";
> instead we should use "closure" or perhaps "higher-order term",

Ah, sorry, I realize now that I misunderstood what you were using "atom"
to refer to -- you're talking about browsing calls at call/exit/redo/fail
ports.

I still think the use of the word "atom" is misleading,
but "closure" or "higher-order term" wouldn't have the right meaning.
Maybe it's best to talk about browsing calls, rather than
printing atoms.

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