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Subject: Re: [commit] Minor java fixups
References: <20070514164933.GA3350@caradoc.them.org>
From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
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Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 19:54:00 -0000
In-Reply-To: <20070514164933.GA3350@caradoc.them.org> (Daniel Jacobowitz's message of "Mon\, 14 May 2007 12\:49\:33 -0400")
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>>>>> "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.)

Tom