• Bill Baxter (3/3) Feb 14 2008 What's the point of DMD's -gc flag? What does it do differently from -g...
• BCS (3/8) Feb 14 2008 it makes DMD emit C debugging data (it clames ot be c) and it's so that ...
• Bill Baxter (3/15) Feb 14 2008 Oh, BCS. Now that I have your attention could you add me to scrapple?
• BCS (2/18) Feb 15 2008 what's your unsername?
• Paul Findlay (2/3) Feb 15 2008 Umm, I believe it is baxissimo :)
• Bill Baxter (3/7) Feb 15 2008 Yes :) I sent BCS an email tellin' him so.
• Paul Findlay (2/3) Feb 15 2008 Ah, sorry. Forgot a whole private world exists
• BCS (3/15) Feb 16 2008 your in, but your e-mail didn't get here (the address I use for posting ...
• Bill Baxter (6/18) Feb 14 2008 So basically you'd only want that if you aren't using a real

Bill Baxter <dnewsgroup billbaxter.com> writes:

What's the point of DMD's -gc flag?  What does it do differently from -g 
and why would that be preferred to -g?

--bb

BCS <ao pathlink.com> writes:

Reply to Bill,

 What's the point of DMD's -gc flag?  What does it do differently from
 -g and why would that be preferred to -g?
 
 --bb
 

it makes DMD emit C debugging data (it clames ot be c) and it's so that d 
can be debued with a C debugger.

Bill Baxter <dnewsgroup billbaxter.com> writes:

BCS wrote:
 Reply to Bill,
 
 What's the point of DMD's -gc flag?  What does it do differently from
 -g and why would that be preferred to -g?

 --bb

 
 it makes DMD emit C debugging data (it clames ot be c) and it's so that 
 d can be debued with a C debugger.
 
 

Oh, BCS.  Now that I have your attention could you add me to scrapple?

--bb

BCS <ao pathlink.com> writes:

Reply to Bill,

 BCS wrote:
 
 Reply to Bill,
 
 What's the point of DMD's -gc flag?  What does it do differently
 from -g and why would that be preferred to -g?
 
 --bb
 

 it makes DMD emit C debugging data (it clames ot be c) and it's so
 that d can be debued with a C debugger.
 

 Oh, BCS.  Now that I have your attention could you add me to scrapple?
 
 --bb
 

what's your unsername?

Paul Findlay <r.lph50+d gmail.com> writes:

 what's your unsername?

Umm, I believe it is baxissimo :)

 - Paul

Bill Baxter <dnewsgroup billbaxter.com> writes:

Paul Findlay wrote:
 what's your unsername?

 Umm, I believe it is baxissimo :)
 
  - Paul

Yes  :)  I sent BCS an email tellin' him so.

--bb

Paul Findlay <r.lph50+d gmail.com> writes:

 Yes  :)  I sent BCS an email tellin' him so.

Ah, sorry. Forgot a whole private world exists

 - Paul

BCS <ao pathlink.com> writes:

Reply to Bill,

 Paul Findlay wrote:
 
 what's your unsername?
 

 Umm, I believe it is baxissimo :)
 
 - Paul
 

 Yes  :)  I sent BCS an email tellin' him so.
 
 --bb
 

your in, but your e-mail didn't get here (the address I use for posting is 
bogus)

Bill Baxter <dnewsgroup billbaxter.com> writes:

BCS wrote:
 Reply to Bill,
 
 What's the point of DMD's -gc flag?  What does it do differently from
 -g and why would that be preferred to -g?

 --bb

 
 it makes DMD emit C debugging data (it clames ot be c) and it's so that 
 d can be debued with a C debugger.
 
 

So basically you'd only want that if you aren't using a real 
D-supporting debugger like zerobugs or ddbg?

It seems to be the flag of choice for Linuxy folks, so I guess that's 
because they use gdb for debugging?

--bb