On Tuesday 12 April 2016 11:40:46 Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 2016-04-12 10:10, Martin Schreiber wrote: > > It uses the LLVM backend where it could be possible to define nested > > stack variables if I read the code right (not tested yet). gcc also > > supports nested functions AFAIK, I don't know if outer variables are > > visible in gdb. > > I just tested with Lazarus IDE. It managed to watch the lSpaceLeft > variable even inside the nested function. See attached screenshot. I'm > not sure what trickery they did to accomplish that. > Maybe Lazarus parses the code and determines the frame level. MSEide parser probably is not good enough to do that.
> On a side note: > I do know Martin Friebe is working on the native Object Pascal > debugger, fpdebug (1). So did I (2) at one stage as a continuation of > Duby. Martin Friebe apparently took the best bits and rolled it into > one. Lazarus can now use GDB or fpdebug or a combination of both. > > fpdebug included in Lazarus is definitely making good progress. You seem > very knowledgeable about debuggers too. Maybe two Martin's are better > than one <wink>, and fpdebug could be moved into its own stand-alone > repository for easier external contributions. That could benefit MSEide > too. > I fear that bringing a cross platform debugger to a level what gdb offers today is a huge task or even impossible because we don't have the necessary platform specialists especially for embedded targets and the embedded hardware debug tools mainly support gdb. Please remember, I use MSEide for embedded C development too. So I had to maintain interfaces for both fpdebug and gdb. Sure that is doable and I assume fpdebug API is much better than gdb but supporting both has no top priority at the moment. I fear another big job-site. ;-) If I find some time I'll look into fpdebug, currently I have very little knowledge of fpdebug. Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications Manager Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple tiers of your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z _______________________________________________ mseide-msegui-talk mailing list mseide-msegui-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mseide-msegui-talk
