Start and off method

[moteus]

My use case now is work with server which creates separate coroutine for each request.
So code looks like this

mobdebug.coro()
mobdebug.start()
mobdebug.off()
function handler() -- this function calls in coro
  mobdebug.on()
  .... 
  mobdebug.off()
end

In this case I have small inconvenience.
Debugger interrupt execution of main thread just after mobdebug.start() returns.
But I really do not need this. I just need only connect to debugger and then
just turn on debugger in some functions.
So I suggest add one more argument to start
In my system i implement it just like if off then mobdebug.off() end before return true
inside start function and use it like

mobdebug.coro()
mobdebug.start(nil, nil, true)
function handler()
  mobdebug.on()
  .... 
  mobdebug.off()
end

[mdurn]

Any updates on this (or any other way to do this)? Specifically on skipping the first debugger pause from start()? My use case is debugging in openresty and using a mobdebug listener from my shell. I would rather only break at my pause statements.

[pkulchenko]

@moteus, coming back to this, three years later. I'd prefer to provide a table with options instead of adding a third parameter. Here is a patch against a current master; it adds runonstart option you can set to false to disable stopping:

diff --git a/src/mobdebug.lua b/src/mobdebug.lua
index dc4ea68..364c696 100644
--- a/src/mobdebug.lua
+++ b/src/mobdebug.lua
@@ -1056,8 +1056,11 @@ local function start(controller_host, controller_port)
   -- only one debugging session can be run (as there is only one debug hook)
   if isrunning() then return end
 
-  lasthost = controller_host or lasthost
-  lastport = controller_port or lastport
+  local opt = (type(controller_host) == "table" and controller_host
+    or {hostname = controller_host, port = controller_port})
+
+  lasthost = opt.hostname or lasthost
+  lastport = opt.port or lastport
 
   controller_host = lasthost or "localhost"
   controller_port = lastport or mobdebug.port
@@ -1101,7 +1104,7 @@ local function start(controller_host, controller_port)
     coro_debugger = corocreate(debugger_loop)
     debug.sethook(debug_hook, HOOKMASK)
     seen_hook = nil -- reset in case the last start() call was refused
-    step_into = true -- start with step command
+    if opt.runonstart ~= false then step_into = true end -- start with step command
     return true
   else
     print(("Could not connect to %s:%s: %s")

Let me know how it works for you.