Clean solution for dropping into REPL console in the middle of program execution

Question

Is there any working solution for dropping into REPL console with for Scala 2.10?

This is mainly for debugging purpose - I want to pause in the middle of execution, and

Answer 1

I was looking at this recently and found Ammonite to be a sufficient solution for my needs.

1. Add Ammonite to your library dependencies: libraryDependencies += "com.lihaoyi" % "ammonite" % "1.6.0" cross CrossVersion.full
2. Invoke Ammonite where you want to drop to the REPL shell: ammonite.Main().run()

Note that you have to pass any variables you want bound inside of run, e.g. run("var1" -> var1). Have a look at their example - Instantiating Ammonite.