STAKK

STAKK stores workspaces in base and compares workspaces of functions in debugging phase.

STAKK is a function that helps with the debugging of data and programs. During development of complex software, there are often several versions of functions used in the main program and direct comparison of the functions' workspace is not easily possible between different program versions, program runs or at different points in runtime. STAKK stores all or selected variables of the workspace that calls STAKK in a storage struct in the base workspace for later retrieval, analysis and/or comparison. It is possible to select a subset of all variables by providing one regular expression string similar to the WHOS command of MATLAB 7.0 or later. The storage structs are put into the base workspace for easy access after the program exits and are uniquely named so that no data is overwritten. STAKK also provides a simple comparison routine to compare two previously stored workspaces; a report highlighting the differences is printed onto the command window.