Java debugger

Thu Apr 11 17:28:00 GMT 2002

Adam King <aking@dreammechanics.com> writes:
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 03:28:37PM -0600, Tom Tromey wrote: 
> > 
> > Adam M> Hrm, I already use cygwin's GDB. It's not the best -- if your 
> > Adam M> code CALL's a NULL address you lose the stack, and the GUI is a 
> > Adam M> bit lacking -- but it's better than nothing. 
> > 
> > The current gdb's gcj support isn't all that great. 
> > Even worse, nobody is working on it :-( 
>> hmm.. I currently use JSwat for most of my current java debugging 
> needs - so I was wondering, is anyone working on a JPDA 
> implementation? Would it even be possible since it's something 
> I wouldn't mind giving a try adding to gcj. 

GDB is the debugger of choice for gcj hackers. It's a shame that GCJ
still can't debug byte codes because compiling lots of code to native
code can be a pain.
Nic