On newer macs, use lldb. > On Feb 25, 2018, at 12:00 PM, pd-dev-requ...@lists.iem.at wrote: > > #3 gdb > your code crashes? or does something bonkers? gdb to the rescue! > gdb can be a tricky beast, and there is much to learn, but even if you > only use the "backtrace" feature, you get at least an idea which line > causes the crash (which can help tremendously). > two things to keep in mind: > a) you must compile the code to be debugged with "-g", so the debugging > symbols don't get stripped away. > for whatever reasons, the pd-lib-builder Makefile doesn't set this by > default (most likely size- or speed-constraints; there was some > discussion, i don't remember the details), unless you build with "make > alldebug" > b) you should run Pd with "-nrt" inside the debugger, unless you want a > stream of "watchdog: signaling Pd" message to garble all your output.
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