Bogusław Brandys wrote:
> Alexander Todorov wrote:
>> On 1/31/07, Marc Weustink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> 1) the ide tells gdb: step
>>> 2) then gdb does its things and stops somewhere.
>>> 3) the ide asks gdb: where are you
>>> 4) gdb responds: I'm in file abc.xyz at line 123
>>> 5) the ide highlights that line.
>>>
>>> gdb doesn't know this info by itself, but by the debuginfo present in
>>> the executable generated by fpc.
>>>
>>>
>>> > example:
>>> > procedure MyProc;
>>> > 1 begin
>>> > 2 writeln;
>>> > 3 end;
>>> >
>>> > The highlited line moves like this: 1-2-1-3
>>>
>>> I don't think this is exacly happening for this piece of code, but it
>>> will when using a string as variable (since that needs
>>> initialization/finalization code).
>>
>> The example sequence I provided is for reference.
>>
>>>
>>> The steps are:
>>> 1) initialize local variables
>>> 2) execute
>>> 1) finalize local variables
>>> 3) return
>>>
>>>
>>> > 1 try
>>> > 2 writeln;
>>> > 3 finally
>>> > 4 writeln;
>>> > 5 end;
>>> >
>>> > In this case it move like this: 2-1-2-4-5.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Entering a try finally section you can roughly be seen it as calling a
>>> subroutine. So looking at your try..finally example, the steps are:
>>>
>>> 2) execute
>>> 1) enter the finalisation code of this "subproc" which source location
>>> is generated at the start
>>> 2) is return from "subproc",
>>> 4,5) continue execution
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Marc
>>
>> Thank you for your answer. That was exactly what I needed to know.
>>
>> Regards.
>> Alexander
>>
>
> I'm wondering: is this a feature or a bug ?
Don't know if it is a stabs limitation or if it is generated this way.
Didn't check if compiled with dwarf info behaves the same.
Marc
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