Re: How to debug?

[Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.org>]

Marius Amado Alves <maa@liacc.up.pt> writes:

> I'm on Windows XP, with GNAT 3.15p. I tried GVD and gdb to no avail (yes, 
> compiled with the -g option). Would it work on Linux?

I can't comment about your specific problem, but definitly this should work.

> Do I have to catch the exception, perhaps just to put a breakpoint in the 
> handler?
> 
> Sometime ago, I think with GNAT 3.13p or 3.14p, I also tried instrumenting
> my  code with GNAT's Symbolic_Traceback but it also didn't work. Would it
> work  now with version 3.15p?

Symbolic_Traceback also works fine with GNAT on Windows.

> Would GPS do the trick?

Yes, and it uses GDB to launch a debug session, the proof that GDB works
just fine :)

Pascal.

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