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Documentation for the Debug plugin for Supybot
Purpose
This is for developers debugging their plugins; it provides an eval command as well as some other useful commands. It should not be loaded with a default installation.
Usage
This plugin provides debugging abilities for Supybot. It should not be loaded with a default installation.
Commands
- channeldb [<channel>]
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Returns the result of the channeldb converter.
- collect [<times>]
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Does <times> gc collections, returning the number of objects collected each time. <times> defaults to 1.
- environ takes no arguments
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Returns the environment of the supybot process.
- eval <expression>
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Evaluates <expression> (which should be a Python expression) and returns its value. If an exception is raised, reports the exception (and logs the traceback to the bot's logfile).
- exec <statement>
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Execs <code>. Returns success if it didn't raise any exceptions.
- exn <exception name>
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Raises the exception matching <exception name>.
- sendquote <raw IRC message>
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Sends (not queues) the raw IRC message given.
- settrace [<filename>]
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Starts tracing function calls to <filename>. If <filename> is not given, sys.stdout is used. This causes much output.
- simpleeval <expression>
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Evaluates the given expression.
- unsettrace takes no arguments
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Stops tracing function calls on stdout.
Configuration
- supybot.plugins.Debug.public
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This config variable defaults to "True", is not network-specific, and is not channel-specific.
Determines whether this plugin is publicly visible.