Re: [Boost-users] newbie: debugging programs with boost

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] newbie: debugging programs with boost
From: Zeljko Vrba (zvrba_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-05 15:10:10

On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 01:46:33PM -0500, Annamalai Gurusami wrote:
> 
> After printing the vector object, I obtain the start address of the
> data.  Then I access the elements using the offsets.  But this
> approach seems to be tedious.  Is there any better approach?  Ideally
> speaking, gdb should be able to work with "print bra.at(0)" or "print
> bra[0]".  But currently that is not working.  Maybe newer versions of
> gdb will improve C++ support!
> 
Try using better development tools: Intel compiler includes also a debugger
and is free for non-commercial use on Linux.  You can also try SunStudio and
dbx debugger for Linux.  (dbx is different than gdb, but after using it for a
while on Solaris, together with other Solaris powerful monitoring features, I
have never looked back to Linux.  If you have time and willpower, I'd
certainly recommend you to switch your development to Solaris and take some
time to learn it... in my case, the invested time has been repaid multiple
times by just by the availability of superior diagnostic tools and superb
documentation that accompanies them.)