[fpc-devel] bounty: FPC based debugger

[Martin Schreiber]

On Monday 12 September 2011 13:16:21 Paul Ishenin wrote:
> 12.09.2011 19:00, Martin Schreiber wrote:
> > True. And maintaining all platforms is a fulltime job too. And a FPC
> > only debugger can not debug linked c libraries which we can do
> > currently with gdb. And think of the remote debugging options gdb
> > provides with many targets.
> 
> As I understand the plan is to create a new debugger without destroying
> what we already have with gdb. At the moment Lazarus allows to write
> debugger plugins. When the new debugger is ready the new plugin should
> be written.
> 
> As result you should be able to debug linked c libraries as before with
> gdb and to debug other code with the new debugger.
> 
I think it is better to invest time into gdb support instead into a FPC 
debugger which probably never will reach a usable state.

Martin