This question may be asked a thousand times but I'm completely stuck.
I've checked all the recommended debuggers but none seems to work on Windows?

Where can I find an earlier version of WinDbg?

Are there any alternatives to debug D programs? How do you debug?


Thank you,
 Chris

Chris wrote:
> This question may be asked a thousand times but I'm completely stuck.
> I've checked all the recommended debuggers but none seems to work on Windows?
> 
> Where can I find an earlier version of WinDbg?
> 
> Are there any alternatives to debug D programs? How do you debug?
> 
> 
> Thank you,
>  Chris

I'd recommend OpenWatcom debugger.

Chris wrote:
> This question may be asked a thousand times but I'm completely stuck.
> I've checked all the recommended debuggers but none seems to work on Windows?
> 
> Where can I find an earlier version of WinDbg?
> 
> Are there any alternatives to debug D programs? How do you debug?
> 
> 
> Thank you,
>  Chris

You can google
intitle:index.of "windbg.exe"

in this thread http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/30966.html
I said:

<quote myself>
I had success seeing variables using the windbg here:
http://www.cs.nmt.edu/~cs221/jbpub/Detmer/Software/

(I downloaded it using the DownThemAll firefox extension!)

BUT, it showed the hexadecimal values of the variables!
I was able to make it show the decimal values by going
options->debugger->Radix and choose the "decimal" radio button.
</quote>

There are two debuggers on the DMC CD, one that comes with the IDE ( much better than windbg ) and an old windbg.

Charlie

"Chris" <central_p@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:dt7ad9$28g1$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> This question may be asked a thousand times but I'm completely stuck. I've checked all the recommended debuggers but none seems to work on Windows?
>
> Where can I find an earlier version of WinDbg?
>
> Are there any alternatives to debug D programs? How do you debug?
>
>
> Thank you,
>   Chris

Thank you,

but how do I use OpenWatcom debugger with D? I can't make it to work as  I expect - set breakpoints in the D source file, etc. It just shows me a disassembly.


Wang Zhen wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>> This question may be asked a thousand times but I'm completely stuck.
>> I've checked all the recommended debuggers but none seems to work on Windows?
>>
>> Where can I find an earlier version of WinDbg?
>>
>> Are there any alternatives to debug D programs? How do you debug?
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>  Chris
> 
> I'd recommend OpenWatcom debugger.

Thank you, I've managed to make it work for now.

Any other tips than John's tips further down in the thread?


Hasan Aljudy wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>> This question may be asked a thousand times but I'm completely stuck.
>> I've checked all the recommended debuggers but none seems to work on Windows?
>>
>> Where can I find an earlier version of WinDbg?
>>
>> Are there any alternatives to debug D programs? How do you debug?
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>  Chris
> 
> You can google
> intitle:index.of "windbg.exe"
> 
> in this thread http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/30966.html
> I said:
> 
> <quote myself>
> I had success seeing variables using the windbg here:
> http://www.cs.nmt.edu/~cs221/jbpub/Detmer/Software/
> 
> (I downloaded it using the DownThemAll firefox extension!)
> 
> BUT, it showed the hexadecimal values of the variables!
> I was able to make it show the decimal values by going
> options->debugger->Radix and choose the "decimal" radio button.
> </quote>

I have another question:

Can Visual Studio 2005 be used to compile and debug D programs?

Chris wrote:
> I have another question:
> 
> Can Visual Studio 2005 be used to compile and debug D programs?

The wiki has a few debuggers mentioned:
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?DebugEnvironments

As far as I know, the VS2005 debugger can't be used, but I may be wrong.

John Stoneham wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>> I have another question:
>>
>> Can Visual Studio 2005 be used to compile and debug D programs?
> 
> The wiki has a few debuggers mentioned:
> http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?DebugEnvironments
> 
> As far as I know, the VS2005 debugger can't be used, but I may be wrong.

Thank you for you tips! I finally got WinDbg working. OpenWatcom seems as if it is working too.

BTW. How do you watch strings?

I have this:

    debug
    {
        char [] h_Name = student.Name;
        int h_Age = student.Age;
    }

.Name and .Age are properties. For .Age I get a number but I also get a scary number for the string .Name? Can't I view the string value somehow?

And also this doesn't work for properties.

debug
{
  int *h_ounces = &hamburger.ounces;
  float *h_cost = &hamburger.cost;
}

Regards,
       Chris

Chris wrote:
> John Stoneham wrote:
> 
>> Chris wrote:
>>
>>> I have another question:
>>>
>>> Can Visual Studio 2005 be used to compile and debug D programs?
>>
>>
>> The wiki has a few debuggers mentioned:
>> http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?DebugEnvironments
>>
>> As far as I know, the VS2005 debugger can't be used, but I may be wrong.
> 
> 
> Thank you for you tips! I finally got WinDbg working. OpenWatcom seems as if it is working too.
> 
> BTW. How do you watch strings?
> 
> I have this:
> 
>     debug
>     {
>         char [] h_Name = student.Name;
>         int h_Age = student.Age;
>     }
> 
> ..Name and .Age are properties. For .Age I get a number but I also get a scary number for the string .Name? Can't I view the string value somehow?
> 
> And also this doesn't work for properties.
> 
> debug
> {
>   int *h_ounces = &hamburger.ounces;
>   float *h_cost = &hamburger.cost;
> }
> 
> Regards,
>        Chris

Its not real pretty, but this should work if they're just fields:

# debug {
#   int   * h_ounces ;
#   float * h_cost   ;
#
#   with (hamburger) {
#     h_ounces = &ounces ;
#     h_cost   = &cost   ;
#   }
# }

If, on the other hand, the properties are gettor methods, then I don't think you can 'address' them at all - except maybe with an 'address gettor'.

# class Hamburger {
#   // ... blah
#   int* ouncesPtr () { return &p_ounces; }
# }
# // ... blah
# with (hamburger)
#   int * h_ounces = ouncesPtr ;

-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls