Re: GDB doesn't show the correct line

[Otto Wyss <otto.wyss@orpatec.ch>]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 08:15:10PM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote:
> > Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > >
> > Can't this line number problem somehow detected within GDB? Sorry if I
> > ask this as someone without knowing any internals but IMO this would be
> > the best solution. My app is now working so I'm not in a hurry but a
> > good debugger is _essential_  for any development.
> 
> It's no one's fault, I think.  I tracked down the problem.  You have
> mixed newline conventions in the file: mostly "\n" as a line separator,
> but in some places just "\r".  GCC treats this as a line break for
> legacy reasons (MacOS).  'less' doesn't, which really confused me while
> trying to debug the problem.  GDB doesn't, either.
> 
> Should GDB?  I have no idea.  But it's easiest to just fix the source
> file to be consistent.
> 
Of course I check all my sources but I fear it's in some header file
(most probably wxWidgets). I've never edited any of my sources on the Mac.

IMO it would be best if GDB would handle line separators equally as GCC.
So the behaviour would be consistent an easier understandable by the user.

O. Wyss

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