4.2 Examining values: the inspector

4.2.2 Display controls

The inspector has another dialog affecting the graph: the View > Display Controls dialog.

Selecting the Type radio button (and, as usual, clicking Apply or OK) changes the representation of objects in the inspector's graph window. Instead of showing the objects' values, the graph shows their types.

If the Show atomic entries box is not checked, tree-nodes consisting of a single atom (integers, reals, strings, and so on) will not be shown when the graph is expanded.

The Expand all children check box expands the current tree to the fullest extent, and does the same for subsequent objects when they are first inspected. If Atomic entries is not checked it will, of course, omit atoms.

If the Share equal values check box is checked, a single value will not be drawn twice in the inspector's graph window; instead, MLWorks will show which values are shared by drawing a graph where objects have multiple parents.


MLWorks User Guide (UNIX version 1.0) - 3 DEC 1996

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