Re: Breakpoint not hit because of function pointers or something similar

[Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>]

>>>>> "Anton" == Anton MOUKHARSKI <anton.moukharski@cea.fr> writes:

Anton> I am trying to hit a breakpoint that appears early in the code, but
Anton> gdb (ddd) misses it each time. At first I thought it was because of
Anton> templates, but gdb seems to cope with that. I have a code similar to
Anton> this one (C++, don't read it in detail at first) :

It would be helpful if you mentioned your gdb version, your platform,
and exactly what you tried in gdb.

Anton> So is there anyway to tell gdb that I don't wan't a breakpoint
Anton> relative to a linenumber in a source file or a simple function name
Anton> but to the instance of the right function, or maybe to use brutal
Anton> memory addresses.... anyway something to avoid stepping into the code
Anton> 50000 times.
Anton> Any ideas?

You can try putting a breakpoint on the particular template
instantiation you care about.  I'm not completely sure this is what
you're asking, though.

Tom