From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F70CBCAE for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:25:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j5OIPRsM002523 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:25:27 +0200 Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA24391 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:25:27 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from furbychan.cocan.org (furbychan.cocan.org [80.68.91.176]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j5OIPQEu002520 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:25:27 +0200 Received: from rich by furbychan.cocan.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1DlsyM-000327-00 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 19:32:14 +0100 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 19:32:14 +0100 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Why are backtraces (sometimes) useless Message-ID: <20050624183214.GC11629@furbychan.cocan.org> References: <891bd339050624093978a3c9a8@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <891bd339050624093978a3c9a8@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: Richard Jones X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 42BC5017.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 42BC5016.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 yaron:01 minsky:01 native-code:01 backtrace:01 gdb:01 notepad:01 wrote:01 native:02 patches:02 fri:05 useless:05 marketing:93 i'm:08 curious:09 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 12:39:24PM -0400, Yaron Minsky wrote: > Also, is there anyone out there actively using the native-code backtrace > patches that people have come up with? I'm curious to hear other people's > experiences. I've actually been doing backtraces with gdb in native code. Works reasonably well provided your program is going through a lot of C code. Rich. -- Richard Jones, CTO Merjis Ltd. Merjis - web marketing and technology - http://merjis.com Team Notepad - intranets and extranets for business - http://team-notepad.com