[Info-vax] Fortran debug and logical name DBG$PROCESS

[Bob Gezelter]

On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 10:41:31 AM UTC-4, HCorte wrote:
> So debugged a simple program that created in my eisner.decus.org account following the steps bellow
> 
> http://h30266.www3.hpe.com/odl/axplp/progtool/for9590v82/forti64um_012.html#ch_debug
> 
> To define DBG$PROCESS to have a value of DEFAULT, enter:
>     $ DEFINE DBG$PROCESS DEFAULT
> 
> http://www0.mi.infn.it/~calcolo/OpenVMS/ssb71/4538/4538p003.htm
> 
> Just have a question when defining DBG$PROCESS as Default does it have any implications like some kind of impact in memory or cpu usage?? or any other, just asking since it isn't by default set eisner.decus.org.
>     
>     $ DEFINE DBG$PROCESS DEFAULT

There is no need to define DBG$PROCESS to use the debugger in its default mode. As the cited manual page notes, there is a rather detailed DEBUGGER manual. For a straightforward FORTRAN program, I have never needed to set the debugger mode (I have been using OpenVMS FORTRAN since its initial release in 1978).
 
>From the text, if the logical name is not found, the default mode is used.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www,rlgsc.com