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donatj/drop
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Simple debugging methods with CLI support

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Drop
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[](#drop)

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> "The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements."
>
> — Brian Kernighan, "Unix for Beginners" (1979)

While debugging small issues, you sometimes just want to see the contents of a variable or two. Firing up a full debugger can be overkill for quick problems, and `var_dump(…); exit(1);` is a little unwieldy and only accepts a single argument.

`drop()` is a simple debugging tool that allows you to drop one of more variable's contents in simple format that is friendly and readable on both web and CLI output.

`see()` is similar to `drop()` but it does not halt execution.

Acknowledgements
----------------

[](#acknowledgements)

This was based on the work of my friend [Jon Henderson](https://github.com/henderjon/drop) before it was given its own repo.

Example
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[](#example)

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