#7402 closed feature request
DEBUGGER: Add parameter validation
| Reported by: | SF/clemty | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | low | Component: | GUI |
| Version: | Keywords: | ||
| Cc: | Game: | Flight of the Amazon Queen |
Description
ScummVM 0.7.0 win32
debugger quirk:
FOTAQ example: command 'song' expects a number as parameter, if you enter sth like 'a' or 'aa' as parameter song 0 is selected
BASS example: 'section' expects a number between 0 and 6 (source contains check to give error on any number outside this range) - if you enter 'a' as parameter it treats it like 'section 0'
Ticket imported from: #1096009. Ticket imported from: feature-requests/218.
Change History (9)
comment:1 by , 19 years ago
comment:2 by , 19 years ago
| Component: | --Unset-- |
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| Summary: | Debugger: doesn't check wether param is nr or char → DEBUGGER: Add parameter validation |
comment:3 by , 19 years ago
heh, okie just thought I mention it, expected it to get a priority of like 1 anyway :-)
hey, but whoever did the debugger added this uberleet sliding effect when entering it - I wonder how helpful that is to your work, hehe (I love it, sitting here turning the debugger off and on all day)
clem
comment:4 by , 19 years ago
I spent the effort to write that slide effect, and it serves absolutely no purpose, I just wanted to show how simple it is to implement the effect ;-)
comment:5 by , 19 years ago
Well, Max implemented this by my request. I liked it a lot as part of SAGA engine, and since I use debugger quite often, why not add some bells and whistles to it?
Lam... err... User-bait is a side effect, though :).
comment:6 by , 19 years ago
| Priority: | normal → low |
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comment:7 by , 10 years ago
Have added code as commits a48e54c4595329afabd3247a1a9ac560ae258f05 and d356f1716110ab374e394bf1fa80be0edf94b9b7 to fix the issues reported by the original submitter. This should act as good templates for other engine authors to fix / improve this if desired.
However, as adding parameter validation is a issue for each engine author and this is an ongoing task with no defined enpoint, I am going to close this Feature Request here as closed-later.
Maybe in future, some further "cooked in" validation function will be added to a debug console superclass, but for now, this will be done on a case-by-case basis.
comment:8 by , 10 years ago
| Status: | new → closed |
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comment:9 by , 5 years ago
| Component: | → GUI |
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| Game: | → Flight of the Amazon Queen |
I'd not consider this a bug, rather a feature request for type checking... Those debuggers are really mostly meant for us developers as a tool to aid us in debugging stuff... they are not meant to be user friendly, and so we only spend enough effort in that regard as is helpful for our own work.