Message-ID: <a2f670c3-5c27-c8d1-f30f-0a0cf3925f69@gmail.com>
Date: 2017-02-23T18:55:29Z
From: Duncan Murdoch
Subject: Debugging tools and practices in Windows?
In-Reply-To: <CAOrRV3fPtaGMfnbMMMJsgyq6SnhnNNSTpJhY-Gc1DDFtyQDDhw@mail.gmail.com>
On 23/02/2017 1:36 PM, Javier Luraschi wrote:
> Hello r-devel, could someone share the tools and practices they use to
> debug the core R sources in Windows?
>
> For instance, I would like to set a breakpoint in `gl_loadhistory` and
> troubleshoot from there.
You're talking about debugging the C code rather than the R code, I think.
These days I mostly avoid debugging in Windows, but when I have to do
it, I use gdb. There used to be a front end for it (Insight) that
worked in Windows, but I don't think it works with our current gdb
build. Google names lots of other front ends, but I haven't tried any
of them in Windows.
The other choice is the old fashioned method: add lots of Rprintf()
statements to the source and recompile.
Duncan Murdoch