Debugging and inspecting the low-level parts of a distributed system containing remote references can be troublesome because remote messages may be sent at unexpected or undesirable times. The SstToolsSupport application provides an SstInspector which does not send remote messages. If a remote reference is inspected, the inspector shows the reference's local representation. You can inspect all objects, local or remote, can be inspected using this inspector by sending them the message sstInspect.

Choosing Basic Inspect from a menu will not have a significant effect on the number of remote messages sent. The sstInspect message is the only way to eliminate such remote messages while inspecting objects.