Re: [boost] [Backtrace] Any interest in portable stack trace?

Subject: Re: [boost] [Backtrace] Any interest in portable stack trace?
From: Edd Dawson (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-20 18:50:34

On 10/20/2010 8:47 PM, Artyom wrote:

> How implemented:
>
> Linux/Mac/Solaris with GCC:
>
>     Capture trace using backtrace
>     Convert trace using dladdr + with demangling
>     Requires: compilation with -rdynamic for fetching symbols
>
> Linux/Mac/Solaris with Other compilers:
>
>     Capture trace using backtrace
>     Convert trace using backtrace_symbols (no demangling)
>     Requires: compilation with -rdynamic for fetching symbols
>
> Windows/MSVC
>
>     Capture trace using RtlCaptureStackBackTrace (XP and Above)
>     Convert trace using dbghelp.lib using SymFromAddr
>     Requires: debug info (PDB files) for fetching symbols

I've got some code for MinGW, too. Feel free to pinch it:

http://bitbucket.org/edd/stack_trace

Some of the dependencies (supplied with a MinGW install) are GPL and LGPL, 
though. I've been meaning to invest some time in to getting rid of them, but 
haven't got around to it yet.

Cheers,

Edd