Limnoria/plugins/Debug/README.rst
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.. _plugin-Debug:
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-Debug:
Commands
--------
.. _command-debug-channeldb:
``channeldb [<channel>]``
Returns the result of the channeldb converter.
.. _command-debug-collect:
``collect [<times>]``
Does <times> gc collections, returning the number of objects collected each time. <times> defaults to 1.
.. _command-debug-environ:
``environ takes no arguments``
Returns the environment of the supybot process.
.. _command-debug-eval:
``eval <expression>``
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).
.. _command-debug-exec:
``exec <statement>``
Execs <code>. Returns success if it didn't raise any exceptions.
.. _command-debug-exn:
``exn <exception name>``
Raises the exception matching <exception name>.
.. _command-debug-sendquote:
``sendquote <raw IRC message>``
Sends (not queues) the raw IRC message given.
.. _command-debug-settrace:
``settrace [<filename>]``
Starts tracing function calls to <filename>. If <filename> is not given, sys.stdout is used. This causes much output.
.. _command-debug-simpleeval:
``simpleeval <expression>``
Evaluates the given expression.
.. _command-debug-unsettrace:
``unsettrace takes no arguments``
Stops tracing function calls on stdout.
.. _conf-Debug:
Configuration
-------------
.. _conf-supybot.plugins.Debug.public:
supybot.plugins.Debug.public
This config variable defaults to "True", is not network-specific, and is not channel-specific.
Determines whether this plugin is publicly visible.