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Re: Java debugger
Adam King <aking@dreammechanics.com> writes:
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 03:28:37PM -0600, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >
> > Adam M> Hrm, I already use cygwin's GDB. It's not the best -- if your
> > Adam M> code CALL's a NULL address you lose the stack, and the GUI is a
> > Adam M> bit lacking -- but it's better than nothing.
> >
> > The current gdb's gcj support isn't all that great.
> > Even worse, nobody is working on it :-(
>
> hmm.. I currently use JSwat for most of my current java debugging
> needs - so I was wondering, is anyone working on a JPDA
> implementation? Would it even be possible since it's something
> I wouldn't mind giving a try adding to gcj.
GDB is the debugger of choice for gcj hackers. It's a shame that GCJ
still can't debug byte codes because compiling lots of code to native
code can be a pain.
Nic