Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el

[David Kastrup]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> I really doubt that people prefer using a debugger that lacks basic
>> features, like remote debugging, even on GNU/Linux, more so on *BSD.
>> If they do, perhaps printf debugging is a contender as well?
>> And what about all the advanced features, like fork-following, JIT
>> debugging, probe points, reverse execution, record and replay, etc.?
>
> Just as a data point: I have never used any of those features you mention.

Reverse execution is actually pretty useful when the place of a segfault
does not really retain a lot of information about its genesis.  Little
surprisingly, it depends on recorded execution.

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David Kastrup