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0 pointsdooglius1y ago0 comments

No, GDB has a pretty good Python extension framework

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That's not comparable. That lets you extend GDB with your own additions. Having the debugger work as a library means being able to incorporate the debugger's functionality into other systems.

junon1y ago

Yes, this. I write a lot of my own GDB tooling for debugging my kernel.

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0 pointsdooglius1y ago0 comments

No, GDB has a pretty good Python extension framework

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mort961y ago

That's not comparable. That lets you extend GDB with your own additions. Having the debugger work as a library means being able to incorporate the debugger's functionality into other systems.

junon1y ago

Yes, this. I write a lot of my own GDB tooling for debugging my kernel.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse