# 🍿 debug Utility functions you can use in your code. Personally, I have the code below at the top of my `init.lua`: ```lua _G.dd = function(...) Snacks.debug.inspect(...) end _G.bt = function() Snacks.debug.backtrace() end vim.print = _G.dd ``` What this does: - Add a global `dd(...)` you can use anywhere to quickly show a notification with a pretty printed dump of the object(s) with lua treesitter highlighting - Add a global `bt()` to show a notification with a pretty backtrace. - Override Neovim's `vim.print`, which is also used by `:= {something = 123}` ![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0517aed7-fbd0-42ee-8058-c213410d80a7) ## 📚 Types ```lua ---@class snacks.debug.cmd ---@field cmd string|string[] ---@field level? snacks.notifier.level ---@field title? string ---@field args? string[] ---@field cwd? string ---@field group? boolean ---@field notify? boolean ---@field footer? string ---@field header? string ---@field props? table ``` ```lua ---@alias snacks.debug.Trace {name: string, time: number, [number]:snacks.debug.Trace} ---@alias snacks.debug.Stat {name:string, time:number, count?:number, depth?:number} ``` ## 📦 Module ### `Snacks.debug()` ```lua ---@type fun(...) Snacks.debug() ``` ### `Snacks.debug.backtrace()` Show a notification with a pretty backtrace ```lua ---@param msg? string|string[] ---@param opts? snacks.notify.Opts Snacks.debug.backtrace(msg, opts) ``` ### `Snacks.debug.cmd()` ```lua ---@param opts snacks.debug.cmd Snacks.debug.cmd(opts) ``` ### `Snacks.debug.inspect()` Show a notification with a pretty printed dump of the object(s) with lua treesitter highlighting and the location of the caller ```lua Snacks.debug.inspect(...) ``` ### `Snacks.debug.log()` Log a message to the file `./debug.log`. - a timestamp will be added to every message. - accepts multiple arguments and pretty prints them. - if the argument is not a string, it will be printed using `vim.inspect`. - if the message is smaller than 120 characters, it will be printed on a single line. ```lua Snacks.debug.log("Hello", { foo = "bar" }, 42) -- 2024-11-08 08:56:52 Hello { foo = "bar" } 42 ``` ```lua Snacks.debug.log(...) ``` ### `Snacks.debug.metrics()` ```lua Snacks.debug.metrics() ``` ### `Snacks.debug.profile()` Very simple function to profile a lua function. * **flush**: set to `true` to use `jit.flush` in every iteration. * **count**: defaults to 100 ```lua ---@param fn fun() ---@param opts? {count?: number, flush?: boolean, title?: string} Snacks.debug.profile(fn, opts) ``` ### `Snacks.debug.run()` Run the current buffer or a range of lines. Shows the output of `print` inlined with the code. Any error will be shown as a diagnostic. ```lua ---@param opts? {name?:string, buf?:number, print?:boolean} Snacks.debug.run(opts) ``` ### `Snacks.debug.size()` ```lua Snacks.debug.size(bytes) ``` ### `Snacks.debug.stats()` ```lua ---@param opts? {min?: number, show?:boolean} ---@return {summary:table, trace:snacks.debug.Stat[], traces:snacks.debug.Trace[]} Snacks.debug.stats(opts) ``` ### `Snacks.debug.trace()` ```lua ---@param name string? Snacks.debug.trace(name) ``` ### `Snacks.debug.tracemod()` ```lua ---@param modname string ---@param mod? table ---@param suffix? string Snacks.debug.tracemod(modname, mod, suffix) ```