Re: [RFA]: Java Inferior Call Take 2

Tom Tromey
2004-06-24T17:57:49Z

>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:

Daniel> In C++, the debug information marks whether a constructor was written
Daniel> by the user (i.e. the type really contains a constructor) or by the
Daniel> compiler (i.e. implicit). I imagine Java's debug information has the
Daniel> same thing.

The information is there, though I don't know whether gcj puts it
into the .o.

Daniel> (This shouldn't affect breakpointing it for users who know the
Daniel> constructor exists.)

It is also actually useful on occasion to put a breakpoint on <clinit>.
This can let you see when your class is initialized, and it will let
you step through the static blocks and static field initializers.

Tom