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From: Gautier.DeMontmollin@maths.unine.ch (Gautier)
Subject: Re: GNAT exception traceback
Date: 1997/06/16
Message-ID: <1997Jun16.173805.6059@news>#1/1
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Organization: University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
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Date: 1997-06-16T00:00:00+00:00
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Mats.Weber@elca-matrix.ch writes:
>> 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.

The ``ez2load'' GNAT (PC) has a traceback utility without manual use of gdb
- showing parameter values, source code lines (even with generics).

G.