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gdb/1506: wish = (programmable) scripting ability in GDB


>Number:         1506
>Category:       gdb
>Synopsis:       wish = (programmable) scripting ability in GDB
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan 10 14:38:00 UTC 2004
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>Originator:     Basile STARYNKEVITCH
>Release:        GDB 2004-01-07-cvs
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>Environment:
GNU/Linux (Debian/Sid) x86
>Description:
The TODO list mentions that "The long term objective is it to be possible to integrate GDB into scripting languages."

Does it means that a scripting language (like GUILE or RUBY for example) will be embedded inside GDB?

I'm missing this ability, notably when debugging a program which does machine code dynamic generation (FWIW, a JIT translator of Ocaml bytecode) using the GNU lightning library.

More generally, I really believe that a scripting language will make GDB much more powerful, by giving it ability to debug an application using application features.

What is the state w.r.t. to embedding scripting language in GDB? Is it still a target? What scripting language will be embedded? 

Regards.
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Basile STARYNKEVITCH = basile at starynkevitch dot net 
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