RE: [AL] Debugging

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I have been using Win 9x for development. Maybe I'll change this
though.

To Everybody: Thanks for all your respsonses!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: allegro-owner@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:allegro-owner@xxxxxxxxxx Behalf Of Derek Van Tonder
> Sent: 18 September 2001 21:48
> To: 'allegro@xxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [AL] Debugging
>
>
> For starters, I recommend debugging naughty code using a
> decent OS, such as Linux or NT. Both of these OSs have
> good memory protection (Linux has the best). Let me guess,
> you're using Win9x for Windows debugging, aren't you?
> Win9x has virtually no memory protection, really.
>
>
>
> 	Nothing is so simpel that it can't get scruwed up.
> ..:: Derek Van Tonder ::..
> ..:: derek@xxxxxxxxxx ::..
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Graham [mailto:chris_graham@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 8:48 AM
> To: allegro@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [AL] Debugging
>
>
> The latest. But it happens with previous ones to. I've always had problems
> trying to debug Allegro programs using a proper debugger. The
> Windows effect
> of my program just vanishing when something goes wrong is rather
> worrying I
> must say, and certaintly doesn't help when something needs fixing. This is
> separate to the debugging crash effect, when things just go crazy (for
> example, if I place a breakpoint in my code, when Ms VC++ reaches it, the
> system tends to hang).
>
> I didn't mean my message as a proper bug report, although of course I am
> willing to help get things fixed. I really wanted to know how I
> should use a
> debugger with Allegro, especially on Linux. I do think that there is
> probably wrong with my Linux setup, as I thought debugcode was meant to
> throw out the line number when a program goes wrong, and do a core dump.
>
> Thanks.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: allegro-owner@xxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:allegro-owner@xxxxxxxxxx Behalf Of Eric Botcazou
> > Sent: 18 September 2001 20:01
> > To: Allegro mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [AL] Debugging
> >
> >
> > > I've got a number of bugs in my very large Allegro game, under
> > Windows, it
> > > tends to freeze the computer or just exit without any info, and under
> > > Linux it tends to Segfault, without any info.
> >
> > Which Allegro version ? Does the problems occur with previous versions ?
> >
> > --
> > Eric Botcazou
> > ebotcazou@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
>



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