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/withimportsandtodebug/hellocan be debugged.

features

• works with thevscode-goextension 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 /emicklei/varvoy/cmd/varvoy@latest

configure

Insettings.jsonof the Go VSCode plugin, set an alternative todlv. Usewhich varvoyto find the absolute path.

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

design

SeeDesgin

current limitations

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