Implement Enhanced State Explorer with Spyder-like multi-window data structure exploration #140
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This PR implements a comprehensive Enhanced State Explorer for BlockPy that provides Spyder-like functionality for exploring complex data structures through multiple interactive windows.
Problem
The existing State Explorer had limited functionality:
viewExactValuemethod)Solution
Added comprehensive multi-window data exploration capabilities:
Core Features
Technical Implementation
1. Added missing
viewExactValuemethod to BlockPy model:2. Enhanced trace template to support multiple data types:
3. Comprehensive dialog system with specialized explorers:
DATA_EXPLORER()- Main entry point for data explorationbuildListExplorer()- Tabular view for list contentsbuildDictExplorer()- Key-value table view for dictionariesbuildTupleExplorer()- Indexed view for tuple contentsbuildSimpleValueExplorer()- Detailed view for primitives4. Enhanced data parsing to include
exact_valuefor Dictionaries and Tuples:Usage Example
When students run code creating complex structures:
The Enhanced State Explorer now provides:
Quality Assurance
This enhancement transforms BlockPy's debugging capabilities, providing students and educators with professional-grade data structure exploration comparable to Spyder's variable explorer.
Fixes #2.
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