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From: elliott@veronica.cs.wisc.edu (James Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Debuggers and AT&T CC 2.0
Keywords: help, gdb won't deal
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Date: 10 Oct 90 06:38:29 GMT
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A friend and I have decided to learn C++ and use it for a major
compiler design project this semester. So far, we're very impressed
with AT&T's implementation of the language, and like using it a lot.

One big problem, though, is that CC is not a native compiler, but a
preprocessor, and it redefines symbol names in very insane and
unfriendly ways, making debugging quite a chore, at least with gdb,
which is the debugger to which we have access.

I know that I could install g++, and use that, but I don't know if I
trust it to be nearly as correct and complete as CC 2.0. Failing that,
is there a debugger out there that works well in concert with CC, so I
can use my own variable names and the like? Or should I trust g++
enough to use it?

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Jim Elliott		      "Like a bridge he'll come between us, not a wall"
elliott@veronica.cs.wisc.edu