Seeking better debugger than gdb/ddd
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I really don't like these and would be willing to pay for someing better.
Thanks.
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Tauno Voipio
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It would help if you told which ways The Better One would be different from
GDB / DDD.
Did you notice that DDD is not tied to GDB - it's able to front-end other
debuggers also.
Please try the other back-ends and compare to GDB to split the improvement
requests between the front-end (DDD) and back-end (GDB).
Tauno Voipio
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Paul Pluzhnikov
> Are there any x86 debuggers for Linux that are better than gdb/ddd?
TotalView from Etnus (www.etnus.com) is the only other debugger
for Linux/x86 I know about. Whether it is better I do not know.
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>> Are there any x86 debuggers for Linux that are better than gdb/ddd?
>>
>> I really don't like these and would be willing to pay for someing better.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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> It would help if you told which ways The Better One would be different from
> GDB / DDD.
GDB is a fine debugger and I am full of praise for all the people
responsible. Truely amazing work. Unfortunately, it's really the only
debugger around for Linux (Totalview is OK, but has problems too). The
main problem I (we) have with GDB is it doesn't work well with C++,
particularly namespaces. I hate to say it, but DDD, although good, is
no match for something like MSDEV's debugger - in fact, its a real
drawback in trying to get the NT developer using Linux ...
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Joe Pfeiffer
> Tauno Voipio <tauno....@iki.fi.NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > "Spam Averse" <aah...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >> Are there any x86 debuggers for Linux that are better than gdb/ddd?
> >>
> >> I really don't like these and would be willing to pay for someing better.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
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> >> Please respond to the group, not by e-mail.
> >
> > It would help if you told which ways The Better One would be different from
> > GDB / DDD.
>
> GDB is a fine debugger and I am full of praise for all the people
> responsible. Truely amazing work. Unfortunately, it's really the only
> debugger around for Linux (Totalview is OK, but has problems too). The
> main problem I (we) have with GDB is it doesn't work well with C++,
> particularly namespaces. I hate to say it, but DDD, although good, is
> no match for something like MSDEV's debugger - in fact, its a real
> drawback in trying to get the NT developer using Linux ...
What problems does gdb have with namespaces? It seems to work fine
for me.
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James Cownie
> Alastair <alas...@calliope.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
> What problems does gdb have with namespaces? It seems to work fine
> for me.
Since GCC 3.x (through 3.3.2) doesn't emit _any_ DWARF debug information
about namespaces; the only comment about namespaces in dwarf2out.c is
/* Ignore namespaces for the moment. */
if (containing_scope && TREE_CODE (containing_scope) == NAMESPACE_DECL)
containing_scope = NULL_TREE;
I'm at a loss to know how _any_ debugger can possibly handle
namespaces properly with the output from that compiler.
If namespaces are being handled properly I guess you must be using
a different compiler.
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James Cownie
>>"Spam Averse" <aah...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>>Are there any x86 debuggers for Linux that are better than gdb/ddd?
>>>
>>>I really don't like these and would be willing to pay for someing better.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
You should certainly try our TotalView debugger.
You can download a copy and a demo license from www.etnus.com
(I get paid to code on TotalView, so won't say more).
Thomas Richter
> Since GCC 3.x (through 3.3.2) doesn't emit _any_ DWARF debug information
> about namespaces; the only comment about namespaces in dwarf2out.c is
> /* Ignore namespaces for the moment. */
> if (containing_scope && TREE_CODE (containing_scope) == NAMESPACE_DECL)
> containing_scope = NULL_TREE;
> I'm at a loss to know how _any_ debugger can possibly handle
> namespaces properly with the output from that compiler.
> If namespaces are being handled properly I guess you must be using
> a different compiler.
Did you try to contact the gcc folks about this problem? If not, could
you please collect all the necessary details (thus, I can post this
problem to the gcc development people myself in case you don't want to)?
I'm quite anoyed about the lack of namespacing in gdb for quite a while
as I'm writing a lot of C++ code and would like to see it working;
currently, debugging C++ code is quite painful, but I was never aware
where the problem really lies. Aparently, g++ itself is part of the
problem (at least, if I understand your statement correctly).
So long,
Thomas
Thomas Richter
Hi,
> You should certainly try our TotalView debugger.
> You can download a copy and a demo license from www.etnus.com
How well does it integrate g++/namespacing into debugging? Given
the claim of the above poster, proper support of namespaces seems
rather impossible given the current g++ architecture, but in case
that's wrong and your debugger does support C++ debugging correctly,
I'd like to try it. I need a *working* debugger for C++, and gdb
is, as stated, not sufficient.
So long,
Thomas
dto...@gmail.com
Is there a way to annotate the connecting arrows? Or add comments to the graph?
I know I could save as ps and use other software, but I mean right in ddd.
Is there another listserve to ask questions like this?