I am so so happy that LLDB is coming along.

I've only been seriously using Xcode with GDB for three or four months now, but 
man what a POS compared with the stuff I'm used to. I really really hated 
programming on Windows but VS's debugger was miles ahead of the GDB/Xcode 
combo. I'm sure everyone at Apple is thrilled to be getting a new debugger, as 
they've been using GDB much more than I have, and it must really hurt to have 
Microsoft busting your balls on technology. I mean, come on, Microsoft couldn't 
punch their way out of a paper bag when it come to inventing cool technology.

LLVM and now LLDB, however, very cool stuff. As an old-time Mac developer from 
back in the days when object-oriented meant MacApp, it brings tears to my eyes.

- Curtis


On Jul 6, 2010, at 11:28 PM, Reid Kleckner wrote:

> I'm assuming you're looking at this document?
> http://llvm.org/docs/DebuggingJITedCode.html
> 
> That document should probably be updated to say you need GDB 7.0 or
> newer, since that's when the feature was released.  Most Linux
> distributions have picked this up, so it should Just Work on Linux.
> 
> Apple's GDB is stale (6.3 + lots of patches).  They've stopped
> updating the version of GDB they ship with XCode, and now they're
> spending their time working on LLDB.
> 
> Reid
> 
> 2010/7/4 Félix Cloutier <[email protected]>:
>> Hey guys,
>> 
>> I'd need to debug just-in-time compiled code under Mac OS. As predicted, GDB 
>> doesn't cope really well with it. The LLVM manual seems to say it's possible 
>> to patch GDB under Linux, but there seems to be no option for Mac OS.
>> 
>> What can I do? I'd prefer a solution that integrates with Xcode, but I'll 
>> manage if it doesn't and I have to run the debugger externally.
>> 
>> It's not really related to this mailing list, but is LLDB doing a better job 
>> at handling just-in-time compiled code?
>> 
>> Félix
>> 
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