Hello, This is related to templates in C++ and debugging tools we have in Linux (I use gdb, is there any other comparable open source tool?).
What do C++ programmers here think about the usefulness of using templates in C++ while keeping in mind how it would work with debugging that program using gdb. I recall that a few years ago (a few version of gdb and gcc ago) I was having trouble debugging an algorithm I implemented in C++ using templates. I do not recall the exact problems but after a few online searches it appeared that the easiest way was to not to use templates (one problem was that I has having difficulty to examine template variables). IIRC, gdb was not very friendly while debugging C++ code with templates. Can C++ programmers here share their recent experience in this regard? I have a program for an engineering problem of around 5000 lines and I need to change some of the data variable from one type to another. Currently I am of the mind to just change the variable type. Would it be worthwhile instead to use templates in this situation so that I can then maintain only one copy for different data types? I am debugging the source code using gdb and I am not sure if it will become much more tedious to debug if I use templates. Comments and feedback are welcome. Regards. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
