StsDebugger: Through button disabled when SST is loaded?

[bpieber]

When I load the SST feature the Debugger Class is set to SstDebugger, which has no Through-Button. I can set it back to the StSDebugger in Options > Open Preferences Window... > System Configuration > Debugger Class.

However, the Through button is always disabled. I found the following method:

StsDebugger>>setButtonSensitivity

"Greys and restores the appropriate buttons on the debugger."

super setButtonSensitivity.
self stepThroughButtonWidget sensitive: self stepOverButtonWidget sensitive & self isSstLoaded not.
self stepToCursorButtonWidget sensitive: self stepOverButtonWidget sensitive.
self defineWidget sensitive: self defineWidgetShouldBeEnabled.
self gbxIsGSFrameSelected ifTrue: [
self stepToReturnButtonWidget sensitive: false ]

This seems to disable the Through-Button if SST is loaded. What is the reason for this?

I always wondered what are the difference between the four different Debugger classes. Are there any negative consequences when I switch from SstDebugger to StsDebugger?

Cheers,
Bernhard

[Eric Clayberg]

This seems to disable the Through-Button if SST is loaded. What is the reason for this?

It doesn't work.

I wrote the original enhanced debugger code as part of VA Assist almost ten years ago. Getting the Through button working with the standard VAST debugger was quite difficult.

I tried geting it to work with SST about five years ago, but I didn't know anything about SST, so I gave up after a couple of days.

I always wondered what are the difference between the four different Debugger classes. Are there any negative consequences when I switch from SstDebugger to StsDebugger?

The StsDebugger is the VA Assist-enhanced version of the standard VAST debugger. The SstDebugger is the SST debugger and is presumably needed, if you are debugging SST code.