Hi, I'm aware of PTVS, but I was hoping of getting a crude version of that for macOS, which you could say that GDB provides.
Unfortunately the GDB functionality only works on Linux, which is why I sent my message in the first place, hoping that I might be missing something. Regards, Alex. > On 14 Oct 2016, at 11:56, Christian Tismer <tis...@stackless.com> wrote: > > Hi Alexandru, > > because I know that you are multi-platform, I can recommend the > debugger integration of PTVS very much. > > I am currently using the WingWare debugger for all my projects, > but the Python/C++ integration of PTVS is something that I didn't > find anywhere else! > > Please have a look at the following introduction. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNNAOypc6Ek > > Starting with minute 22, you will find the kind of debugging that > you are looking for. > > I was pretty amazed by this, and it is probably very helpful in > debugging Qt and PySide. Will give it a try, soon. > > Cheers -- Chris > > > On 14/10/2016 11:12, Alexandru Croitor wrote: >> Hi, >> >> pdb is fine for pure python scripts. >> >> I was interested in things like getting the python back trace or local >> variables from inside GDB, when used in conjunction with c++, so that I >> know which parts of C++ calls python functions, and which parts of >> python call c++ functions. You can't do that with pdb. >> >> >>> On 13 Oct 2016, at 19:12, Christian Tismer <tis...@stackless.com >>> <mailto:tis...@stackless.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Alexandru, >>> >>> I stumbled over this question a little late by chance. >>> >>> There is the possibility to use GDB, but it is most likely that you >>> want to use python's pdb module, instead. >>> >>> Only in rare cases, when debugging the interpreter itself, you use >>> gdb. For debugging Python code, use pdb or something better. >>> >>> Sent from my Ei4Steve >>> >>> On Jul 6, 2016, at 18:14, Alexandru Croitor <alexandru.croi...@qt.io >>> <mailto:alexandru.croi...@qt.io>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I'm interested to find out if debugging Python scripts with GDB is >>>> supported on OSX at all? >>>> >>>> I'm referring to the functionality described >>>> on https://wiki.python.org/moin/DebuggingWithGdb and >>>> on http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/EasierPythonDebugging. >>>> >>>> I've tried so far various combinations of pre-compiled GDB from the >>>> homebrew package manager, locally-compiled GDB from homebrew, as well >>>> as locally compiled GDB from MacPorts, together with a pre-compiled >>>> Python 2.7, homebrew-compiled 2.7, and custom compiled Python 2.7 >>>> from the official source tarball. >>>> >>>> My results so far were not successful. The legacy GDB commands to >>>> show a python stack trace or the local variables - do not work. And >>>> the new GDB commands (referenced on the Fedora project page) are not >>>> present at all in any of the GDB versions. >>>> >>>> I've checked the python CI build bot tests, and it seems the new GDB >>>> commands are only successfully tested on Linux machines, and are >>>> skipped on FreeBSD, OS X, and Solaris machines. >>>> >>>> Are the new python <-> GDB commands specific to Linux? >>>> Are there any considerations to take in regards to debug symbols for >>>> Python / GDB on OSX? >>>> >>>> Has anyone attempted what I'm trying to do? >>>> >>>> I would be grateful for any advice. >>>> >>>> And I apologize if my choice of the mailing lists is not the best. >>>> >>>> Regards, Alex. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Python-Dev mailing list >>>> Python-Dev@python.org <mailto:Python-Dev@python.org> >>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev >>>> Unsubscribe: >>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/tismer%40stackless.com >> > > > -- > Christian Tismer :^) tis...@stackless.com > Software Consulting : http://www.stackless.com/ > Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 121 : https://github.com/PySide > 14482 Potsdam : GPG key -> 0xFB7BEE0E > phone +49 173 24 18 776 fax +49 (30) 700143-0023 _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
