RE: OS Suggestions?

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

>The main problem I encountered with FreeBSD was the lack of a decent
>ObjC debugger - I mean one where you can go:
>
>> br [MyClass myMethod:arg:]
>
>and
>
>> print [myObj description]
>
>and
>
>> bt
>... [MyClass1 method1] ... file:linenumber
>... [MyClass2 method2:arg:] ... file:linenumber
>...
>
>rather than mangled function names.
>Or even stepping over a method call without the debugger hanging.
>
>Which OSs support a gcc/gdb combination which allow this?  and what
>versions of gdb/gcc are needed?  Are there any official/semi-offical
>patches for gdb which support ObjC to the extent described above?

Mac OS X offcourse ;-), but seriously, one could try to cvs-check out 
Apple's gdb and build that on the OS of choice. AFAIK Apple tried to 
submit it's changes to the official gdb tree but with not much success 
yet.

>
>I couldn't find anything on www.gnustep.org
>
>Thanks for any pointers -
>
>Tim

greetings, Lars