This is the README file for Devel::DebugInit
Copyright (c) 1997 Jason E. Stewart. All rights reserved. This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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Devel::DebugInit is aimed at C/C++ developers who want access to C macro definitions from within a debugger. It provides a simple and automated way of creating debugger initialization files for a specific project. The initialization files created contain user-defined functions built from the macro definitions in the project's header files.
By calling new(), the files specified by the 'filenames' parameter are parsed by the C preprocessor, and all macros #define'd in the file (and if desired, all macros #define'd by all #include'd files as well), will be parsed and expanded. By then calling the write() method, these macros can be written to an output file in the format of user-defined functions specific for your debugger.
By automating the process, a new file can be created whenever the code of a project changes, and that way there will not be antiquated copies lying around to trap the unwary.
In order to write out an initialization file, you will need one of the debugger-specific backends. The GDB backend is supplied with the module (and it is currently the only one available ;-). So if this works for you, great! If you are interested in writing a backend for a different debugger, please volunteer!
You will need the C-Scan, version 0.4 or better, as well as Data-Flow, version 0.05 or better, in order to use these modules. These can be gotten at your favorite CPAN site:
ftp any-CPAN-site
cd CPAN/authors/id/JASONS/
bin
get C-Scan-0.4.tar.gz
get Data-Flow-0.05.tar.gz
unpack the tar files anywhere you wish.
then for each module:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
(presuming you are satisfied)
make install
unpack the tar file anywhere you wish.
When you have an up-to-date C::Scan and Data::Flow installed:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
(presuming you are satisfied)
make install
Read the included pod documentation and see ./t/DebugInit.t and t/GDB.t to get a more detailed idea of how to use this module.
There are currently a number of ways to customize the output of this program, but if you can think of more useful ones, I'd like to hear about them.
Jason E. Stewart
jason@cs.unm.edu.
I enjoy writing software that makes peoples lives better and makes their work more enjoyable. If you like this module, let me know!