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Idea for improving the GDB plugin

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rickg22:
This idea came to me as I was debugging the debugger (lol :P ) plugin. There's usually the construct
--- Code: ---cmd << _T("something") << variable << _T("something")

--- End code ---

and I was wondering...

Why not store those commands in a hash table? Templated, that is. Like:


--- Code: ---myhashtable["breakpoint"] = _T("something {$varname} something")

--- End code ---

like it's done with the compiler plugin? In this case, $varname would be one of many predefined variables. (Or even better, store those in an XML file! )

I'm sure this would enable us to add support for other debuggers besides gdb.

What do you think?

mandrav:
Well, I purposely have stalled further improvements on the debugger plugin while waiting for the compiler discussion to start. Many design decisions will affect/apply-to the debugger plugin also so it makes sense to wait...


--- Quote ---I'm sure this would enable us to add support for other debuggers besides gdb.
--- End quote ---

Don't think that this is trivial. From what I recall while researching MS's cdb.exe, it was difficult to even get the current instruction's line number and source file...

rickg22:
I see... well, it's a start.

Anyway, where's the VC debugger docs?

mandrav:
Install "Microsoft Debugging Tools for Windows" and you 'll find it there ;)

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