Description Christopher Friedt 2007-11-30 07:34:25 EST

Created attachment 84159 [details]
Partial screenshot of ' No source available for "" ' in editor

During debugging gdb / eclipse will obviously have pointers to system libraries where the source code is not available inside of eclipse or on a system folder. For example, glibc. 

When stepping through execution (i.e. step in / out ) the source code editor is automatically opened for each symbol encountered, even if that symbol does not have any available source code. 

For the sake of usability and streamlining the debugging process for C/C++ applications, I suggest that when eclipse encounters a symbol that does not have attached, that eclipse should not attempt to open the source associated with the symbol and redundantly display the message 

    No source available for ""

Moreover, it's actually pointless to display several redundant messages saying 

    <stack-frame #> <symbol is not available> 0x<some 32-bit address>

in the 'Debug' view, and that should also be eliminated.

If not removed entirely, it would be convenient to at least have a preference in the CDT debugging options to turn off these redundancies.