Dustin Spicuzza

RobotPy startup on a RoboRIO is slow

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On my RoboRIO with a 2016 image, I get the following (mostly consistent timing between runs, no DS connected): ``` roboRIO-2423-FRC:~$ time python3 -c 'import hal' real 0m4.954s user 0m1.280s...

Warn users if they forgot to call wpilib.run

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* Inspired by https://www.chiefdelphi.com/t/robot-code-not-deploying-from-robot-py/343672

Race condition in getStickButton

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If a user calls `DriverStation.getStickButton` in `robotInit()` (for example, when initializing a `JoystickButton` command) , they'll get a warning that the button does not exist yet. This happens because the...

It isn't relevant for us. Might need a wpilib patch.

Currently they have bad interleave, which is obnoxious.

Remote debugging support

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Possibly leverage eclipse/pydev support for this? Depends on #26

If threads crash with unhandled exceptions, the driver station should be notified

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I suspect there's a python mechanism to do this. The DriverStation error reporting mechanism could be used to do this.

Probably should use a linter on this project

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I've never used it before, but I've heard good things. Pydev uses it underneath the hood, and it helps me catch errors.

Display current function somewhere when scrolling through code

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This would be helpful when navigating between references and ending up in the middle of a large function. I imagine a good place would be at the top of the...

After I use gcov/lcov to create a coverage file, it would be really useful to be able to load that into sourcetrail and see coverage data while browsing the code....