Field access in a Rust debug REPL, without reflection

· Users Rust Lang · Oct. 19, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
Summary
This blog post discusses the challenges of debugging in Rust compared to Ruby, highlighting the limitations of current debugging tools and introducing a new crate designed to mimic Ruby's binding.pry functionality. The author shares a personal experience to illustrate these differences and promotes their crate that allows for interactive debugging in Rust.
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