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Re: [RFC] multiple breakpoints from FILE:LINE
Andreas Schwab wrote:
What if you want to debug a particular function which inlines another
function that is also inlined in many other, frequently called functions?
In this case being able to set a breakpoint in a single instance of the
inline function can considerably reduce the complexity of debugging. Of
course, you can always fall back to setting the breakpoint on an address,
but that makes it difficult to reliably track the breakpoint position when
reloading the binary.
Well you would not have this possibility if the function were not inlined,
so I just don't see it as critical functionality.
It's like wanting to breakpoint in one iteration of a loop to me ...
and then you say, "gosh, we are unfolding this loop, so indeed
we could do that and now have to work out a syntax to do it"
Andreas.