Am I using debug correctly

I want to debug a program.

Stepping through it, I can look at variables.
But if there is an error, variables are no longer accessible.  I can
see the Variables window, I can see the names of variables. (I can even 
scroll down to get more names)  But what I can't do is look at the values.

In SB when you debug and get an error, you can still look at the 
variables to see what might have gone wrong.

Kromkowski wrote:
> I want to debug a program.
> 
> Stepping through it, I can look at variables.
> But if there is an error, variables are no longer accessible.  I can
> see the Variables window, I can see the names of variables. (I can even 
> scroll down to get more names)  But what I can't do is look at the values.
> 
> In SB when you debug and get an error, you can still look at the 
> variables to see what might have gone wrong.
> 
> Have I missed a setting or is this just how the IDE "works".

I am not particularly happy with this, since I think we should retain 
the current value of every variable that we already have the value for, 
but currently it does not work that way. What it tends to mean is that 
if it breaks on a line in the code, you need to set a breakpoint on that 
line and rerun it. When it gets to that line, don't single-step until 
you have examined the variables. I will be adding this wish (to retain 
the current known values of variables) to the list for the IDE. With any 
luck, it shouldn't be too hard to implement.