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Re: GDB plugin

From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
To: Abhijit Halder <abhijit dot k dot halder at gmail dot com>
Cc: "gdb-patches\ at sourceware dot org ml" <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
Date: Mon, 07 May 2012 14:18:00 -0600
Subject: Re: GDB plugin
References: <CAOhZP9xjTY==xizCLP+Jgb6Q=vrpybSSY-jiLwULsAZZhAxy2A@mail.gmail.com>

>>>>> "Abhijit" == Abhijit Halder <abhijit.k.halder@gmail.com> writes:

Abhijit> Is there any way to load a GDB plugin (shared library having extended
Abhijit> functionality) in current GDB? I am planning to develop one. Need
Abhijit> yours opinion on this.

There is a little bit of this for the JIT functionality.

Generic plugins are trouble because they tend to fix the API -- but we
want to be able to change the API as needed.  The JIT approach avoided
this by exporting a custom, minimal API.

What exactly are you planning to do?

Tom

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