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// Copyright (c) 2015, the Dart project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
/// Interact with developer tools such as the debugger and inspector.
///
/// The dart:developer library is _unstable_ and its API might change slightly
/// as a result of developer feedback. This library is platform dependent and
/// therefore it has implementations for both dart2js and the Dart VM. Both are
/// under development and may not support all operations yet.
///
library dart.developer;
import 'dart:convert';
part 'profiler.dart';
/// If [when] is true, stop the program as if a breakpoint were hit at the
/// following statement.
///
/// Returns the value of [when]. Some debuggers may
/// display [msg].
///
/// NOTE: When invoked, the isolate will not return until a debugger
/// continues execution. When running in the Dart VM the behaviour is the same
/// regardless of whether or not a debugger is connected. When compiled to
/// JavaScript, this uses the "debugger" statement, and behaves exactly as
/// that does.
external bool debugger({bool when: true, String msg});
/// Send a reference to [object] to any attached debuggers.
///
/// Debuggers may open an inspector on the object. Returns the argument.
external inspect(object);