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Re: Faster stepping amidst breakpoints
- From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- To: Michael Snyder <msnyder at vmware dot com>
- Cc: "gdb-patches at sourceware dot org" <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:54:57 +0400
- Subject: Re: Faster stepping amidst breakpoints
- References: <4D3A114D.7010301@tensilica.com> <20110123001433.GA6352@caradoc.them.org> <20110131044951.GG2384@adacore.com> <20110131151229.GA2915@caradoc.them.org> <20110201032338.GI2384@adacore.com> <4D485476.4040809@vmware.com>
> >I see this as an acceptable outcome of a debugger crash. I am guessing
> >that in most cases, people debug their program, and then want it killed,
> >so leaving the inferior behind with breakpoints inserted won't matter
> >much
>
> It would matter if you were debugging a live real-world app...
Of course, that's why I was careful to say that it does matter sometimes.
The change is not going to be beneficial in 100% of the cases. But if
it is an improvement in the majority of the cases, then that's still
progress. Those of us who are occasionally in the situation where it
isn't have the option of switching the setting back.
--
Joel