From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [commit] Minor java fixups
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 20:02:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070514200156.GA15006@caradoc.them.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3ejljryf5.fsf@fleche.redhat.com>
On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 01:35:26PM -0600, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:
>
> Daniel> GDB's Java support is getting very rusty. I think it's been several
> Daniel> releases since it was able to print objects, and it's even worse now
> Daniel> that we only get a declaration for java.lang.Object in the debug info.
>
> FWIW most gcj developers now use the runtime debugging support
> functions that Andrew wrote -- _Jv_Debug and friends. These generally
> seem more reliable than gdb's "print" ever was. (Not that this is
> necessarily gdb's fault. It is just that few people have ever
> ventured into this area to find and fix bugs.)
It's the "fault" of the nebulous non-developer who is working on
GDB's Java support :-) I'd be delighted if someone stepped up
and was interested.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery
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2007-05-14 16:49 Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-05-14 19:54 ` Tom Tromey
2007-05-14 20:02 ` Daniel Jacobowitz [this message]
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