varvoy

varvoy is short for "Variable Voyager"

A Go debugger.

It is build on top of two awesome packages:

• yaegi
• yaegi-debug-adapter.

status

Work in progress:

• todebug/withimports and todebug/hello can be debugged.

features

• works with the vscode-go extension of Microsoft Visual Studio Code
• imports generated stubs for required Go modules

goal

• handle code modification during debugging session
• evaluate expression in a debugger session
• restart from stack frame

install

go install github.com/emicklei/varvoy/cmd/varvoy@latest

configure

In settings.json of the Go VSCode plugin, set an alternative to dlv. Use which varvoy to find the absolute path.

    "go.alternateTools": {
        "dlv": "/Users/emicklei/go/bin/varvoy"
    }

design

See Desgin

current limitations

• no Windows support for now
• project must have a go.mod
• go mod file cannot have replace