On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 7:49 PM, Tomas Kalibera <tomas.kalib...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The R for Windows FAQ suggests "make DEBUG=T" and has some more hints > https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html > > Tomas > > > > On 02/23/2017 08:10 PM, Javier Luraschi wrote: > >> Right, I'm talking about C code. >> >> Do you remember if you had to set specific CFLAGS or other settings to get >> gdb working? I wasn't able to get gdb() working with the standard build >> settings. >> >> Otherwise, Rprintf() would work for sure. >> >> Thank you! >> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Duncan Murdoch < >> murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> On 23/02/2017 1:36 PM, Javier Luraschi wrote: >>> >>> Hello r-devel, could someone share the tools and practices they use to >>>> debug the core R sources in Windows? >>>> >>>> For instance, I would like to set a breakpoint in `gl_loadhistory` and >>>> troubleshoot from there. >>>> >>>> You're talking about debugging the C code rather than the R code, I >>> think. >>> >>> These days I mostly avoid debugging in Windows, but when I have to do it, >>> I use gdb. There used to be a front end for it (Insight) that worked in >>> Windows, but I don't think it works with our current gdb build. Google >> >> names lots of other front ends, but I haven't tried any of them in >>> Windows. >>> >>> I feel Qt Creator provides a good enough UI for debugging things on Windows (it allows you to debug externally-built executables). > The other choice is the old fashioned method: add lots of Rprintf() >>> statements to the source and recompile. >>> >>> Duncan Murdoch >>> >>> >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel