Better yet, since LLDB is where we have comprehensive support for debugging Swift binaries you'll have a common debugger experience across your C/C++/Swift code.
Kate Stone k8st...@apple.com Xcode Low Level Tools > On Dec 17, 2015, at 3:09 PM, Joe Groff via swift-dev <swift-dev@swift.org> > wrote: > > >> On Dec 17, 2015, at 2:57 PM, Rafkind, Jon via swift-dev >> <swift-dev@swift.org> wrote: >> >> I use gdb on linux to debug the swift binary. I find that gdb takes about 20 >> seconds just to read the symbols before I can even interact with gdb. I was >> wondering if anyone knew of a way to decrease the symbol load time, either >> by some gdb settings or by compiling swift/llvm/clang in such a way as to >> get a usefully debuggable binary but without so many symbols. >> >> My swift binary is a massive 1.1gb. >> >> $ ls -lh swift >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 jon jon 1.1G Dec 8 18:43 swift* >> >> I built all of llvm/clang/swift in Debug mode. >> >> (Tangentially related, but using gold instead of ld to link swift is about >> 2-3x faster) > > You might give lldb a shot, if you haven't already. It seems to cope better > with large binaries, and expr evaluation is more stable IME. > > -Joe > > _______________________________________________ > swift-dev mailing list > swift-dev@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-dev
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