[PD-dev] debugging pd with gdb or ddd

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On May 27, 2006, at 9:44 AM, Georg Holzmann wrote:

> Hallo!
>
>>> hm ... you could try:
>>>
>>> break function(types)
>>>
>>> think this should work ...
>>
>> So luck there.  This didn't work:
>
> Don't know why, but for me this works ... (also "break function"  
> without arguments - I just have tried it ...)
>
> But I read somewhere that there can be problems with shared  
> libraries and you can also set breakpoints with "break Main.cpp: 
> 47" (file:linenr)

How do you get gdb to find the sources for externals?  It seems to  
find the Pd source fine, but not the source the objects I am working on.

What platform are you on?  I am on Mac OS X.

.hc

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