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Re: [Bulk] Re: Edit-and-continue
On 18 July 2010 20:52, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
>
> The idea of having function entry points across the board for all
> executed code would be required, allowing those links to be updated
> dynamically at run-time. ?We could even use a memory-based lookup table
> that's updated by gdb to the new entry points for the executable code.
> It would be slower for execution, but for development the time savings
> would be there because changes could be made on the fly, recompiled,
> memory variables changed as needed, and then continue execution without
> restarting the entire app.
I run the compiler a lot more than I run the debugger, so I'm not
entirely sold on the idea of development time savings, but I haven't
used Edit-and-Continue so I can't say how useful it is.