not debugging low level sources

Daniel Jacobowitz drow@false.org
Mon Feb 16 03:22:00 GMT 2004


On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 06:55:07PM -0800, Edward S. Peschko wrote:
> hey all,
> 
> I did a google search, and never got a good answer to the following question: 
> 
> I want to debug C++ code, and don't want to step into stl_alloc.h, etc. I'd rather 
> just step into *user* code - and given the number of layers in C++, I'm spending
> an inordinate amount of time bouncing in and out of standard headers.
> 
> Is there a way to turn off, or otherwise disable, what gdb steps into? Something like:
> 
> (gdb) block <dir>
> 
> or 
> 
> (gdb) block function
> 
> or somesuch?
> 
> Thanks much for any and all answers..

No, there isn't - but I think this is a really great idea.  Would you
mind filing it in the GDB bug tracking system (see
http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/) ?

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer



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