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From: Basile Starynkevitch To: gdb@sourceware.org Cc: team@refpersys.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:13:51 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Evolution 3.56.2-8 X-GND-Sasl: basile@starynkevitch.net X-GND-State: clean X-GND-Score: 49 X-GND-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeefgedrtddtgdduieeludefucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuifetpfffkfdpucggtfgfnhhsuhgsshgtrhhisggvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddunecuogfuuhhsphgvtghtffhomhgrihhnucdlgeelmdenucfjughrpefkuffhvfevtgfgffggfgesthhqredttderjeenucfhrhhomhepuegrshhilhgvucfuthgrrhihnhhkvghvihhttghhuceosggrshhilhgvsehsthgrrhihnhhkvghvihhttghhrdhnvghtqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeelleegiedvieffffefteeigfekhedttedtvdegtdegffdutdegfedtheevgfejhfenucffohhmrghinhepshhouhhrtggvfhhorhhgvgdrnhgvthdpshhtrghrhihnkhgvvhhithgthhdrnhgvthdpghhithhhuhgsrdgtohhmpdhorhgtihgurdhorhhgnecukfhppedvrgdtudemvgdtrgemvdhffeemheegrgdtmedvugekmeeiudhffhemfhgvfeejmegrgedvieenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepihhnvghtpedvrgdtudemvgdtrgemvdhffeemheegrgdtmedvugekmeeiudhffhemfhgvfeejmegrgedviedphhgvlhhopehrihhmshhkihdrlhgvshhouhhrshdpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpegsrghsihhlvgesshhtrghrhihnkhgvvhhithgthhdrnhgvthdpqhhiugepffeiffdvvdeggedvvdehpdhmohguvgepshhmthhpohhuthdpnhgspghrtghpthhtohepfedprhgtphhtt hhopehguggssehsohhurhgtvgifrghrvgdrohhrghdprhgtphhtthhopehtvggrmhesrhgvfhhpvghrshihshdrohhrghdprhgtphhtthhopegsrghsihhlvghsthgrrhihnhhkvghvihhttghhsehgmhgrihhlrdgtohhm X-BeenThere: gdb@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: gdb-bounces~public-inbox=simark.ca@sourceware.org Sender: "Gdb" Hello I am using GDB-17.1 on Linux/Debian/x86-64 to debug a C++ coded, GPL licens= ed, inference engine Is there any GDB variant accepting plugins to the debugger process (these could be definitely useful to display C++ data in a nice way, std::v= ector or std::map instances come to mind immediately). I do know that GDB accept eg Guile or Python scripts. But coding manually a Python or Guile function for every important C++ clas= ses of a software is very time consuming I regret that GDB 17.1 has not evolved into something similar to the old an= d unmaintained UPS open source debugger https://ups.sourceforge.net/ which sadly is not working on Linux/AMD-64 com= puters running a recent kernel 6.17 and and using recent libc and libstdc++ Regards. --=20 Basile STARYNKEVITCH basile AT starynkevitch DOT net 8 rue de la Fa=C3=AFencerie http://starynkevitch.net/= Basile/ =20 92340 Bourg-la-Reine https://github.com/bstarynk France https://github.com/RefPerSys/RefPerSy= s https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0908-5250