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Subject: Re: GNAT built-in symbolic trace-back
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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.