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Title: debugging and stepping into code question
Post by: adviner on February 25, 2007, 03:24:47 am

Hi All,
  I'm using nightly build code blocks on windows xp.  I'm using gtkmm for windows.  The problem i have is stepping to the code or stopping it at a breakpoint on the class constructor.  Example:

Main code:

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{


    Gtk::Main kit(argc, argv);
    Glib::RefPtr<Gnome::Glade::Xml> refXML = Gnome::Glade::Xml::create("C:\\CDeveloper\\Projects\\FinancialMatters\\Bin\\FinancialMatters.glade");

    FinancialMatters financialMatters(refXML);
    kit.run();
..
}

I can stop at the line FinancialMatters but when i try to step into the constructor i get the header refptr.h.  So i though i with a breakpoint on the FinancialMatters constructor i just select debug/continue but it never gets to it

FinancialMatters::FinancialMatters(Glib::RefPtr<Gnome::Glade::Xml> ref_xml)
{
    try
    {
        _Properties = new Properties();
    }
    catch(...)
    {
    }
}

I even put a breakpoint in the initialization of the Properties() class but it never hits it.  That is all my application does nothing more.  I'm just trying to get to the point where i can step into the code when debugging.

Is there something wrong with the way i'm debugging? 

Title: Re: debugging and stepping into code question
Post by: Pecan on February 25, 2007, 04:32:12 am

   //-- Debugging
    Debugging with CodeBlocks (http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Debugging_with_Code::Blocks)

Title: Re: debugging and stepping into code question
Post by: adviner on February 25, 2007, 06:40:58 am

Thanks Pecan,
  I actually found this site earlier.  The problem is not being able to debug b/c i can do it fine.  The problem is stepping into the FinancialMatters constructor doesnt seem to work with the examples from my original post.

Thanks

Title: Re: debugging and stepping into code question
Post by: Pecan on February 25, 2007, 02:20:40 pm

As the example states: gdb cannot honor a break in a constructor/destructor.
It cannot tell which of the many constructors (there are many ctor/dtors with the same name, virtual etc) the user will step into or place a break.

Please re-read the work-around at the bottom of the wiki article.

Title: Re: debugging and stepping into code question
Post by: adviner on February 25, 2007, 07:14:50 pm

I appreciate that.  I totally missed that part of the constructor.

Thanks again for the quick response.