From: Roger <rogermcm2@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: GNAT built-in symbolic trace-back
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:22:41 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2018-08-15T16:22:41-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <be5c31f8-9e7a-4757-bc48-0a81998b0725@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pl1r04$135v$1@gioia.aioe.org>
On Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 4:22:00 AM UTC+10, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On 2018-08-15 17:56, Anh Vo wrote:
> > On Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 12:08:06 AM UTC-7, gautier...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >> Had a (positive) shock this morning, looking at gnatbind options: there is a built-in symbolic trace-back! The switch is -Es . I thought it was a feature that would never be implemented after 20+ years of GNAT's existence...
> >> A short research shows me that:
> >> - it is there since GNAT GPL/Community 2016
> >> - GPS GPL 2017 doesn't show it in the Project Properties box - only a checkbox for the old -E switch
> >
> > With this capability, most of the time (99%) a debugger is not needed.
>
> Certainly so with gdb, which is not usable in any way. But some working
> visual debugger could be a useful addition to tracing. I still remember
> the great DEC's debugger for VMS.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Dmitry A. Kazakov
> http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de
I also remember the long lost world of easy to use, very helpful, debuggers.
Unfortunately, things of the distant past.
I am continually frustrated by unpleasant, useless, experiences with gdb.
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-15 7:08 GNAT built-in symbolic trace-back gautier_niouzes
2018-08-15 10:36 ` Simon Wright
2018-08-15 15:56 ` Anh Vo
2018-08-15 18:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2018-08-15 23:22 ` Roger [this message]
2018-08-16 12:34 ` alby.gamper
2018-08-15 20:47 ` jrmarino
2018-08-21 1:36 ` Randy Brukardt
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