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From: jmarvin@.oracle.com (John W. Marvin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: REVIEW:  Comeau C++ compiler
Keywords: programming, language, C++, compiler
Message-ID: <1991Apr18.203037.7171@oracle.com>
Date: 18 Apr 91 20:30:37 GMT
References: <1991Apr10.051104.25326@menudo.uh.edu> <1991Apr12.001715.19397@oracle.com> <36851@ditka.Chicago.COM> <7285@harrier.ukc.ac.uk>
Reply-To: jmarvin@oracle.com (John W. Marvin)
Organization: Oracle Corporation, Belmont, CA
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In article <7285@harrier.ukc.ac.uk> mr3@ukc.ac.uk (M.Rizzo) writes:
>In article <36851@ditka.Chicago.COM> comeau@csanta.attmail.com (Greg Comeau) writes:
>>In article <1991Apr12.001715.19397@oracle.com> jmarvin@oracle.com (John W. Marvin) writes:
>>>I assume there is no C++ debugger w/ Comeau?
>>
>>That is currently correct, however it is worth noting that as we currently
          ^^^^^^^^^
>properly with GNU g++ - I think CPR will need a few as well. Another problem
>is that member function names of the form "class::function" get translated
>to some other C function name internally - I don't know for sure but I expect
>
All true.  However, I do not want to debug C++ using a C debugger,
anymore than I want to debug C using an assembly debugger.  Sure, I
might play with G++, but I will not spend money on a C++ system w/o
a C++ debugger.

Note:  Greg said "currently correct."  He may get my money yet!

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