[fpc-pascal] Debugger interaction in FP IDE and Lazarus

[Peter Vreman]

>
> FP IDE needs to link to libgdb and all of its dependencies in order to have
> debugger support. OTOH, Lazarus interacts to gdb via TProcess. FP IDE
> approach would be faster but also inextensible and less maintainable. When
> there's a problem with the libgdb (i.e. the library is buggy), the whole IDE
> needs to be recompiled using the bug-free library. In Lazarus case, changing
> the program path to the bug-free one is enough. What if FP IDE uses the same
> approach as Lazarus? Any cons you can think of other than speed?

The idea to implement this and reuse some Lazarus code has been around for a couple of years. But
it is not an easy task after a couple of quick investigations. That is also the reason why it has
not been started yet. You are welcome to implement such an interface and remove the libgdb
dependency.

Peter