Re: Contributing LLVM.org patches to gud.el

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Cc: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <address@hidden>,  address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:21:35 -0500
> 
> > I really doubt that people prefer using a debugger that lacks basic
> > features, like remote debugging, even on GNU/Linux, more so on *BSD.
> > If they do, perhaps printf debugging is a contender as well?
> > And what about all the advanced features, like fork-following, JIT
> > debugging, probe points, reverse execution, record and replay, etc.?
> 
> Just as a data point: I have never used any of those features you mention.

You should try.  Reverse execution, in particular, is sometimes very
useful, when you stop the program after the bug already happened.
(Record and replay is just another method of doing the same, with
different merits and demerits.)