On linux with gdb:
If i have an exception I cannot get the source of the exception. A msg
like "std.format formatArg" lets me grep through my program and search
for all lines calling format and analyse them as potential sources. And
this is a good one. Try to find a ArrayBoundsException.

Is there a chance to get the "catch throw" command (breaks on a c++
throw) in gdb working?

Or is there any better way to find the source?

Frank Benoit wrote:

> On linux with gdb:
> If i have an exception I cannot get the source of the exception. A msg
> like "std.format formatArg" lets me grep through my program and search
> for all lines calling format and analyse them as potential sources. And
> this is a good one. Try to find a ArrayBoundsException.
> 
> Is there a chance to get the "catch throw" command (breaks on a c++
> throw) in gdb working?
> 
> Or is there any better way to find the source?

That's a non-trivial function to add to GDB.

As a hack, I have two different versions of libphobos.a-- the regular one,
plus one that I compiled wherein I insert the following code in the
Exception constructor:
Object o;
o.toString();
GDB catches the segfault, and I can do a backtrace to see what caused the
exception.

~John Demme

In article <e3jg4m$1jj0$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Frank Benoit says...
>
>On linux with gdb:
>If i have an exception I cannot get the source of the exception. A msg
>like "std.format formatArg" lets me grep through my program and search
>for all lines calling format and analyse them as potential sources. And
>this is a good one. Try to find a ArrayBoundsException.
>
>Is there a chance to get the "catch throw" command (breaks on a c++
>throw) in gdb working?
>
>Or is there any better way to find the source?


I haven't tried it but you might be able to set a break point the exception's constructor. If they don't have one, thay should (at least in the debug version).

BCS schrieb am 2006-05-07:
> In article <e3jg4m$1jj0$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Frank Benoit says...
>>
>>On linux with gdb:
>>If i have an exception I cannot get the source of the exception. A msg
>>like "std.format formatArg" lets me grep through my program and search
>>for all lines calling format and analyse them as potential sources. And
>>this is a good one. Try to find a ArrayBoundsException.
>>
>>Is there a chance to get the "catch throw" command (breaks on a c++
>>throw) in gdb working?
>>
>>Or is there any better way to find the source?
>
>
> I haven't tried it but you might be able to set a break point the exception's constructor. If they don't have one, thay should (at least in the debug version).

the interresting breakpoint is:
_d_throw@4

the problem:
gdb interpretes "break _d_throw@4" as "break _d_throw" :(

workaround:
Compile and link your programm.
Use the output of the following shell command to set a breakpoint:

objdump -t yourProgramm  | grep "_d_throw@4" | head -n 1 | sed "s: .*::;s:^:break *0x:"

Thomas