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From: tiemann@eng.sun.com (Michael Tiemann)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: A good debugger for g++ ??
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Date: 24 Jul 90 05:37:58 GMT
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	 We've been using GNU's debugger: gdb.  Personally, I like it much
    better than dbx.  However, it is limited by the fact that it cannot handle
    multiple inheritance.  Michael Tiemann recently posted an article somewhere
    to the effect that he is working on this problem and expects a new release
    fairly soon.  InterViews is strictly single inheritance, so if you keep to
    single inheritance in your code, you should have no problems.

I am glad you prefer gdb to dbx.  However, so that people don't hold
their breath too long: I am not sure how soon "soon" is.  It is on our
event horizon.  Whether it is ready in three weeks or three months or
three quarters is another matter.

Cygnus Support is now providing gdb support for the Free Software
Foundation.  This level of support amounts to one GNU-hacker's worth
of time, and should be roughly equivalent to what FSF has been
providing in the way of support for the past three years.  At this
rate of progress, MI support is still a long ways off.

There is an alternative to waiting: convince your management to have
somebody do the job.  By waiting, you may spend more time and effort
trying to skirt the problem then you would by just getting it out of
the way.

Michael