tromey

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1. 1.▲
   by tromey 3y ago

   gdb uses BFD for object file access but has its own DWARF reader.
2. 2.▲
   by tromey 6y ago

   This was https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25348 , fixed in June. I believe the fix is in the latest release.
3. 3.▲
   by tromey 6y ago

   Yes, just nobody has implemented it. It's kind of a pain. Also it brings up the question of whether GDB ought to implement a terminal so you can debug curses applications inside the TUI, which is even more of a pain.
4. 4.▲
   by tromey 6y ago

   No-one maintains the Pascal support in GDB. In fact, I think the test suite doesn't even run any more (at least for me, FPC seems totally broken). This is an area where a volunteer could make useful progress pretty easily.
5. 5.▲
   by tromey 9y ago

   > Source maps are a debug tool. Why does the performance matter? If the source map decoder is slow, then the debugger feels slow.
6. 6.▲
   by tromey 9y ago

   Rust support landed in gdb 7.12 (released October 2016). It has some rough edges; and some missing spots (mostly caused by insufficient debuginfo). I'm working full time on Rust debugging now. My basic plan is to write a Rust plugin