Re: Is "debug" a reserved name?

Posted by Wayne Rasband-2 on Feb 28, 2019; 2:59pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Is-debug-a-reserved-name-tp5021851p5021853.html

> On Feb 28, 2019, at 7:24 AM, Stein Rørvik <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I am trying to write this in a macro:
>
> var debug = false;
> if (debug) setBatchMode(false); else setBatchMode(true);
>
> but receive the error message "statement cannot begin with = in line 1"
>
> So, is the word "debug" a reserved keyword?

“debug” is a built in function that calls the macro debugger. The arguments are "break” (the default), "run", "trace", "fast-trace" and "dump”.

> There is no mention of it in https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/developer/macro/functions.html

I added a description of this function to the master list at

    http://wsr.imagej.net/developer/macro/functions.html
   
> if yes, what is its intended use?
>
> Stein

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