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Re: How to debug modification to a variable value?


From: Tassilo Horn
Subject: Re: How to debug modification to a variable value?
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:26:49 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.91 (gnu/linux)

"alin.s" <address@hidden> writes:

> I suggest you to use the WATCH in gdb for modifications of the
> variable, AWATCH for reading of the variable, etc.
>
> To detect the location of the variable is easy: install a breakpoint
> in make-variable-buffer-local that stops when exactly the variable you
> are interested about is set, then see there the location of
> tg-schema-alist.  Afterward you can use the x* functions from .gdbinit
> of emacs to debug your problem...

Thanks for that explanation.  I'll try that out as soon as I find some
time.  And also thanks for volunteering on implementing a debug facility
for cases like that.

Bye,
Tassilo




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