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digitalmars.D - Just found this debugger...

reply solidstate1991 <laszloszeremi outlook.com> writes:
I wanted to do some work on lzbacon (D port of lzham-codec with 
some extras such as tarball support), but without a debugger it's 
pretty hard (I suspect an error in the multithreading when 
looking up for a value, or some C++ language quirk I missed). The 
current state of mago-mi is nearly unusable with very limited 
command support, and I don't want to go back to VisualD after 
VSCode for either a usable mago or VS native debug. I couldn't 
find LLDB on my harddrive anymore, and GDB needs DWARF symbols.

Then I had a thought: Is there anything usable on the market 
besides these?

After I a quick Google search, I encountered with the "guy she 
told you to not to worry about":

https://x64dbg.com/#start

It seems it needs *.pdb files for symbols, which I'll test 
tomorrow, hopefully I don't have to cook something complicated 
for my family to waste my time. While I'm still encouraged to 
improve mago instead (I think alternatives are always a good 
option and the conversion will be finished by the weekend), maybe 
it'll be useful for some. Maybe I can use it for mago too.
Oct 02 2018
next sibling parent Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow.lists gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 03:25:04 UTC, solidstate1991 
wrote:

 https://x64dbg.com/#start


I've tried it. It's not very good for source-level debugging. 
Seems to be primarily aimed at reverse-engineering / debugging 
programs you don't have the source for.
Oct 03 2018
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow.lists gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 03:25:04 UTC, solidstate1991 
wrote:

 and I don't want to go back to VisualD after VSCode for either 
 a usable mago or VS native debug.


Visual Studio makes a decent stand-alone source-level debugger. 
Just select the .exe file, and right-click it in the 
project/solution pane to start a debugging session. (Of course, 
you need to build with -m32mscoff or -m64 as well as -g). VisualD 
isn't even needed, though VS by itself won't understand D types 
like arrays/strings.
Oct 03 2018
parent reply solidstate1991 <laszloszeremi outlook.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 13:08:50 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev 
wrote:

 On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 03:25:04 UTC, solidstate1991 
 wrote:

 and I don't want to go back to VisualD after VSCode for either 
 a usable mago or VS native debug.


 Visual Studio makes a decent stand-alone source-level debugger. 
 Just select the .exe file, and right-click it in the 
 project/solution pane to start a debugging session. (Of course, 
 you need to build with -m32mscoff or -m64 as well as -g). 
 VisualD isn't even needed, though VS by itself won't understand 
 D types like arrays/strings.


I cannot find that option...
Oct 20 2018
parent rikki cattermole <rikki cattermole.co.nz> writes:
On 21/10/2018 5:59 PM, solidstate1991 wrote:

 On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 13:08:50 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:

 On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 03:25:04 UTC, solidstate1991 wrote:

 and I don't want to go back to VisualD after VSCode for either a 
 usable mago or VS native debug.


 Visual Studio makes a decent stand-alone source-level debugger. Just 
 select the .exe file, and right-click it in the project/solution pane 
 to start a debugging session. (Of course, you need to build with 
 -m32mscoff or -m64 as well as -g). VisualD isn't even needed, though 
 VS by itself won't understand D types like arrays/strings.


 
 I cannot find that option...


Open it as a solution/project if I remember right.
Oct 20 2018
prev sibling parent reply JN <666total wp.pl> writes:
On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 03:25:04 UTC, solidstate1991 
wrote:

 Then I had a thought: Is there anything usable on the market 
 besides these?


It may not be enough for your needs, but VSCode C++ debugger 
somewhat works for D. I can't set breakpoints, but stepping 
through code works and watches also work for most simple types.
Oct 03 2018
parent reply tide <tide tide.tide> writes:
On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 13:20:03 UTC, JN wrote:

 On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 03:25:04 UTC, solidstate1991 
 wrote:

 Then I had a thought: Is there anything usable on the market 
 besides these?


 It may not be enough for your needs, but VSCode C++ debugger 
 somewhat works for D. I can't set breakpoints, but stepping 
 through code works and watches also work for most simple types.


Enable the setting in your user/workspace:

   // Allow setting breakpoints in any file.
   "debug.allowBreakpointsEverywhere": true,
Oct 03 2018
parent JN <666total wp.pl> writes:
On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 23:51:38 UTC, tide wrote:

 On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 13:20:03 UTC, JN wrote:

 On Wednesday, 3 October 2018 at 03:25:04 UTC, solidstate1991 
 wrote:

 Then I had a thought: Is there anything usable on the market 
 besides these?


 It may not be enough for your needs, but VSCode C++ debugger 
 somewhat works for D. I can't set breakpoints, but stepping 
 through code works and watches also work for most simple types.


 Enable the setting in your user/workspace:

   // Allow setting breakpoints in any file.
   "debug.allowBreakpointsEverywhere": true,


I'll give it a try.

Stuff like that should be added to Debuggers wiki I guess. Right 
now it's full of some outdated out-of-IDE debuggers that barely 
anyone uses nowadays.
Oct 03 2018