From e2fbf3878645d27b66c878474b57a1fe18060457 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Webber <neil@webber.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 15:53:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Making Lookback a subclass of Breakpoint allows using it by
 itself to generate a state trace on halts

---
 breakpoints.py | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/breakpoints.py b/breakpoints.py
index 9d370c7..76f3a39 100644
--- a/breakpoints.py
+++ b/breakpoints.py
@@ -101,9 +101,11 @@ class NthBreakpoint:
 # FOR EXAMPLE:
 #    class StepsPlusLookback(Lookback, StepsBreakpoint)
 #        pass
-
-
-class Lookback:
+#
+# ALTERNATIVELY, can be used entirely by itself, and will provide
+#  a lookback if the run() loop terminates for any reason (e.g., a HALT).
+#
+class Lookback(Breakpoint):
 
     def __init__(self, *args, lookbacks=100, **kwargs):
         self.__backstates = collections.deque([], lookbacks)
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ class Lookback:
         return list(self.__backstates)
 
 
+
 class MultiBreakpoint(Breakpoint):
     # a breakpoint that fires if any of the contained breakpoints fire