Re: can I use DDD for program understanding w/o running the program?

[Andrew Gaylard]

Marc Desmarais wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can I use DDD to read throught the source code of a program w/o running the
> program or having a core of it?
>
> The program in question is cross compiled to run on an embedded system that
> is not setup yet for remote use of GDB (something I hope to fix, but I just
> got hired to learn the code, so the fix will have to wait).
>
> If not, can you recommend a good program understanding (reverse engineering)
> tool? I read that DDD has the ability to show you the type of a variable
> with just a few mouse click, and can graphically display data structures.
> Now that's usefull.
>
> Thanks
>
> Marc

Sorry, no.  DDD interfaces with underlying debuggers, all of which require
either a core or a running (perhaps halted) executable.

Andrew