Re: Bug Database?

[Nick Roberts]

 > > It depends how you measure things.  They have more people using a recent
 > > version of GDB and more people fixing bugs.  There's a clear message: if
 > > you want it fixed for the next version then you may have to fix it
 > > yourself.
 > 
 > Which results in the fact that gdb is since years completely unusable
 > for C++ programs relying on templated functions (so basically all C++
 > programs which aren't just pimped C). 

We're moving a bit off-topic but I think refusing to release it until
it worked well for templated functions etc would just mean it didn't get
released at all.

 > So most C++ developers I know have switched to the "free as in free beer
 > but not free as in free software" debugger from Sun Studio which in
 > contrast to gdb works really well.

People can choose not to fix GDB, it's a voluntary project.

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob