Re: Slowness of step command (especially when cross debugging)

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From: Per Bothner
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 1990 05:27

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Single stepping over source lines by setting a breakpoint at the next
line might work *if* there is no transfer of control
in the current statement. Lacking stabs modifications,
this can only be done by dis-assembling the code,
and checking for jump/call instructions, not a trivial matter.


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	--Per Bothner
bothner@cs.wisc.edu Computer Sciences Dept, U. of Wisconsin-Madison

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Subject: Re: Slowness of step command (especially when cross debugging)
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