It's far too common that the interface an IDE gives you for something like adding a watchpoint is "type an expression into this small area in a dialog box, using a restricted subset of my text-editing features".
I sometimes think the main attraction of print-style debugging is that it doesn't do that to you.
It's far too common that the interface an IDE gives you for something like adding a watchpoint is "type an expression into this small area in a dialog box, using a restricted subset of my text-editing features".
I sometimes think the main attraction of print-style debugging is that it doesn't do that to you.