[Lazarus] what can we do to get a better debugger

Martin Frb lazarus at mfriebe.de
Tue Nov 20 17:37:21 CET 2018


On 20/11/2018 17:31, Dennis via lazarus wrote:
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> Martok via lazarus wrote:
>> Am 20.11.2018 um 11:37 schrieb Dennis via lazarus:
>>> FPC and Lazarus are great but the GDB is inadequate.
>>> Many times in my development, GDB failed or crashed, especially when I am
>>> debugging multi thread programs.
>>>
>>> Shall we start a fund raising event to raise fund for a new and better debugger
>>> for FPC + Lazarus? (provided there are talents out there who would do implement it).
>> So much this. GDB needs to die in a fire.
>>
>> (nb: make sure to enable "Reset debugger after every run". That at least works
>> around the absurd amount of memory leaks, and helps with lost breakpoints.)
>>
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> I cannot find this
> "Reset debugger after every run"
Its an IDE global option.

Menu: Tools > Options
Page: Debugger > General

That is also where you can set memory limits for gdb (in Lazarus 2.0)
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