@trace yields no visible output

[bit-player]

Traceur appears to install correctly, and I see no error messages either when using or when invoking the @trace macro, but I also see no trace output, just the returned value of the function.

ASTInterpreter2 seems to be working normally.

[Thanks for developing Traceur! Looks great. Hope to get it working.]

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julia> Pkg.status("Traceur")
 - Traceur                       0.1.1
julia> Pkg.status("ASTInterpreter2")
 - ASTInterpreter2               0.1.1

julia> using Traceur

julia> f(n) = n < 0 ? 0 : n
f (generic function with 1 method)

julia> f(8)
8

julia> @trace f(8)
8

julia> using ASTInterpreter2

julia> @enter f(8)
In f(n) at REPL[5]:1
1 f(n) = n < 0 ? 0 : n

About to run: (<)(8, 0)
1|debug > n
In f(n) at REPL[5]:1
1 f(n) = n < 0 ? 0 : n

About to run: return 8
1|debug > n
8

[pfitzseb]

That function is type stable, so there's just nothing to display. Try f(8.0) instead.

[MikeInnes]

Maybe we should just start off with a starting trace... done tracing... etc so it's clear that things are working.

[bit-player]

A possibly less obtrusive alternative would be a message that appears only when the program has no other output. Not sure about the best wording for the message; maybe something like "Trace reports no issues."