On 07/01/2011 12:58, Jürgen Hestermann wrote:
>> By default smartlinking is enabled on windows.
> That's not too clever for a software development tool - especially
if it
> screws with the debugger (which you will use while writing software).
> Maybe Lazarus should default to disabling that.
I am a bit astonished to read advices like this. What kind of
development tool is it that needs such kinds of precautions to debug a
program correctly? What else has the programmer to consider? Do I need
years of knowledge about the internals of Free Pascal/Lazarus to use
it? I feel put back some decades in software develpement.
Well depends on how you read this.
Every tool has flaws. That is not an excuse for the existing of those
flaws in any individual tool (including Lazarus). It just is a fact.
For most tools I know (definetlely including Lazarus), the makers
(including community) aim to remove those flaws. Until that happens,
being given advice how to workaround surely is not bad?
As I stated in my other mail, I don't think this issue was ever pointed
out before. And I am highly surprised that it is such big an issue.
It never was to me. I actually though of it as a benefit. If by any
external edit (svn up) my breakpoint ended up a line above my procedure,
it would still work. Very useful.
Anyway now it's known, so one day something may be done.
And yes of course, i would also like to see a debugger specially written
and specialized for pascal. That would allow to tackle such issues far
better than it ever can be done with gdb. Unfortunately no one has yet
given the money that would pay several full time developpers that may be
needed to write this....
So until then...
Martin
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