@exfiltrate VARS doesn't work inside module/package

[ianfiske]

Thank you for Exfiltrator! This package is beautiful and is making debugging Julia so much easier for me. I have encountered a problem though that where as the basic Main.@exfiltrate works fine from within package functions, the expanded syntax Main.@exfiltrate VARS doesn't seem to do anything. It does work fine in test functions outside of a package.

Here's an example where it does nothing:

using Exfiltrator

module MyMod

function f(x)
    Main.@exfiltrate vars
    2x
end

end

MyMod.f(1)

And then there is no vars in the Main workspace.

[ianfiske]

Interestingly, it does look like it put vars inside the MyMod module.

[antoine-levitt]

Ah, that's right, that's because global x only declares x global within the current module? In that case the setfield!! function should be used, as in the exfiltrate() method: https://github.com/antoine-levitt/Exfiltrator.jl/blob/master/src/Exfiltrator.jl. If you're motivated enough to make a PR that'd be great, otherwise I'll get to it eventually (but no promises on when)

[ianfiske]

Thanks for the explanation. Will take a look at making a PR when I have some time to sharpen my metaprogramming skills.