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Re: Guile and GDB
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Neil Jerram |
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Re: Guile and GDB |
Date: |
Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:27:22 +0100 |
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address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
>> It's all running code of one kind or another; is there really a clear
>> distinction here?
>
> Yes: running code in the process being debugged is intrusive, and it
> interferes with the behavior one is trying to observe. It's also
> impossible in many cases, e.g., when the inferior process was stopped
> due to SIGSEGV, or when inspecting from a core file.
Ah yes, I had forgotten about the process separation (i.e. the GDB
process being different from the inferior). I completely see your
point now.
Regards,
Neil