[Caml-list] Do you use a debugger with OCaml? If not, why not?

[John Whitington <john@coherentgraphics.co.uk>]

Hi,

Like, I suspect, many people, my method has always been to insert 
Printfs, and stare at code until I find the problem. In fact, the 
ocaml.org page on ocamldebug says:

"In fact, for complex programs, it is likely the case that the 
programmer will use explicit printing to find the bugs, since this 
methodology allows the reduction of the trace material: only useful data 
are printed and special purpose formats are more suited to get the 
relevant information, than what can be output automatically by the 
generic pretty-printer used by the trace mechanism."

So, I ask: What do you use for debugging small and large OCaml programs? 
If not a debugger, why not? What problems prevent it? How does your 
debugging process differ when writing OCaml compared with other 
languages you use?

John

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John Whitington
Director, Coherent Graphics Ltd
http://www.coherentpdf.com/