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Feature Request: Auto-print after breakpoint

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Description

Having to constantly press the p command is getting tiresome. I would like to suggest a couple of features:

1) automatically execute a number of commands after a breakpoint. Commands could be semicolon separated. So like this:

```
_ = "breakpoint; p myInt; n; p myInt; c"
```

Which would cause the "myInt" variable to be printed, the next line to be executed, the "myInt" variable to be printed again, and then the continue command.

2) Set a mode so that the value of all local variables are automatically printed after a breakpoint, or during stepping.

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Research direction

Start by tracing how the breakpoint, p, n, and c commands are handled. Define how semicolon-separated commands and automatic local-variable printing should behave, then verify both requested modes at breakpoints and during stepping.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cli, devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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