access to debugger input?

greggjensen wrote on Fri Jun 13 18:31:33 MEST 2008:

I would like to be able to type into the debugger when the debugger has
stopped (ie, say, at a breakpoint).  Is there a view or console that will
do that?

As an example, at a given point in my script, there is a structure that
I get returned that is a hash of arrays of hashes etc,.  I want to get to
the point in the running script that the structure is filled out. While
it is display in its full glory in the variable output window, I want to
explore how to access the data via the debugger command line.  Is it possible
at this point, somewhere in one of the windows to type:
 
x $foo->{baz}[0]{bar}
or
$numItems = @{$foo->{baz}}
x $numItems

Essentially, at this point I want to experiment with accessing certain elements
before actually writing the code, kind a like having the debugger help me
in the process of writing my code.

jploski wrote on Fri Jun 13 18:41:11 MEST 2008:

This can be done using the "Perl Expression" view - lets you evaluate arbitrary
expressions.

greggjensen wrote on Mon Jun 16 15:40:45 MEST 2008:

Yes, that is it.  Thank you.