[Haskell-beginners] GHCi Debugging

[A. Mc.]

Hello,

I suspect that the function recursion composition I have used is not
working very well, so I'm trying to learn how to use the debugger to
understand what is going on, except I don't really understand the output of
the GHCi debugger or what is going on very well.   I have a main function
called 'Analysis' in a library that analyzes a string.  I've used :break
Analysis and then called :trace and then repeatedly typed :continue, but
there are a number of steps between one continue and the next
return-and-call of output that I'm not sure I understand. Suggestions on
better debugging methods, or even how to fully understand this output,
would be very helpful.  Thanks in advance.

_result :: Bool = _
key :: Int = -18
message :: [Char] = _
[Lib.hs:17:8-69] *Main> :continue
Stopped in Main.Analysis, Lib.hs:18:8-84
_result :: Bool = _
key :: Int = -18
message :: [Char] = _
[Lib.hs:18:8-84] *Main> :continue
Stopped in Main.Analysis, Lib.hs:19:8-65
_result :: Bool = _
key :: Int = -18
message :: [Char] = "esleespmwfpdvjtdgpcjmwfpzgpcespcp"
[Lib.hs:19:8-65] *Main> :continue
Stopped in Main.Analysis, Lib.hs:19:70-127
_result :: (Int, Text) = _
key :: Int = -18
message :: [Char] = "esleespmwfpdvjtdgpcjmwfpzgpcespcp"
[Lib.hs:19:70-127] *Main> :continue
Stopped in Main.Analysis, Lib.hs:15:8-14
_result :: Bool = _
key :: Int = _
[Lib.hs:15:8-14] *Main> :continue
Stopped in Main.Analysis, Lib.hs:16:8-70
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