From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: stephen@xemacs.org, dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:42:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8361b87634.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvfvacbewe.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org>, dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:21:35 -0500
>
> > I really doubt that people prefer using a debugger that lacks basic
> > features, like remote debugging, even on GNU/Linux, more so on *BSD.
> > If they do, perhaps printf debugging is a contender as well?
> > And what about all the advanced features, like fork-following, JIT
> > debugging, probe points, reverse execution, record and replay, etc.?
>
> Just as a data point: I have never used any of those features you mention.
You should try. Reverse execution, in particular, is sometimes very
useful, when you stop the program after the bug already happened.
(Record and replay is just another method of doing the same, with
different merits and demerits.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-11 16:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 124+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-05 7:46 Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el Andrew L. Moore
2015-02-05 8:53 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-05 14:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-06 12:41 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-06 12:49 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-06 18:21 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-06 19:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-07 8:46 ` Helmut Eller
2015-02-07 10:18 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-07 11:42 ` Helmut Eller
2015-02-07 11:53 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-09 0:06 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-09 3:27 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-15 22:50 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-16 5:19 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-16 16:23 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-09 11:21 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-09 14:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-09 22:07 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-09 23:59 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-10 2:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-10 3:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-10 8:59 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-10 16:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-10 16:41 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-10 16:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-11 3:43 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-11 3:47 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-02-11 10:37 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-11 10:51 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-02-11 13:22 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-11 16:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-12 16:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-12 17:42 ` Daniel Colascione
2015-02-12 20:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-11 15:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-11 23:12 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-11 15:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-11 15:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-12 4:20 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-12 11:23 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-12 13:13 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-12 15:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-11 4:26 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-11 7:44 ` Nicholas Allegra
2015-02-11 15:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-11 16:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-11 16:27 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-11 16:42 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2015-02-12 5:41 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-12 16:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-12 18:29 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-12 17:34 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-10 17:03 ` David Engster
2015-02-10 17:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-10 17:36 ` David Engster
2015-02-10 19:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-10 20:25 ` David Engster
2015-02-10 22:49 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-11 10:35 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-11 23:12 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-10 18:07 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-10 19:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-10 20:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-11 23:08 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-09 16:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-09 22:08 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-09 20:00 ` Florian Weimer
2015-02-07 14:46 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-07 22:40 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-07 23:04 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-08 0:15 ` Eric S. Raymond
2015-02-08 0:51 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-09 20:04 ` Perry E. Metzger
2015-02-10 22:49 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-11 16:17 ` Perry E. Metzger
2015-02-11 23:13 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-11 23:37 ` Perry E. Metzger
2015-02-12 11:22 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-12 14:45 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-12 17:34 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-13 10:11 ` Tom
2015-02-13 10:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-13 10:27 ` Tom
2015-02-13 11:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-02-14 15:22 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-12 11:08 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-14 15:22 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-11 23:13 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-12 10:28 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-13 9:25 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-09 20:13 ` Florian Weimer
2015-02-10 22:49 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-08 3:55 ` Liang Wang
2015-02-08 9:30 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-09 0:04 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-09 8:47 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-09 22:07 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-09 23:03 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-11 23:09 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-09 16:15 ` Robin Templeton
2015-02-09 20:13 ` Perry E. Metzger
2015-02-09 22:08 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-10 8:24 ` Helmut Eller
2015-02-10 9:31 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-10 10:44 ` Helmut Eller
2015-02-10 10:53 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-10 12:45 ` Helmut Eller
2015-02-10 13:35 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-10 15:42 ` Yann Hodique
2015-02-10 16:11 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-10 22:49 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-11 10:20 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-11 15:16 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-11 23:13 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-09 20:06 ` Florian Weimer
2015-02-09 20:34 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-10 22:46 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-06 19:21 ` David Kastrup
2015-02-07 5:50 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-02-06 14:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-07 12:44 ` Richard Stallman
2015-02-07 14:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-02-07 22:41 ` Richard Stallman
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