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From: Huy Vo <vo@CTRON.COM>
Subject: Re: GNAT exception traceback
Date: 1997/06/13
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Date: 1997-06-13T00:00:00+00:00
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>> You need to run gdb to get the traceback. This is easy to do, so it is
>> not clear why you set the precondition of not using it (your question
>> is
>> a bit like saying: can I use GNAT to compile my Ada program without
>> using gcc -- the answer in both cases is no!)
>
>I think this feature (traceback without gdb) would be very useful. It would
>allow us to have a trace of errors occurring at our customers' sites without
>reproducing the bug in our environment, which is often impossible.

I'd think dumping a core would be nice; at least you can look at the call
stack. But doing it the C way would be sacrilegious, right?

vo@ctron.com