Re: [photran] Problems looking at variables during debugging

["Ralph Johnson" <johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Can anybody help with my debugging problem - below - as I haven't been able
> to figure this out myself. I am hoping to use Photran but being able to use
> the debugging tool is something of a make-or-break issue for me.

The debugger has a lot of problem all stemming from the fact that gdb
isn't that good with Fortran.  It can be better, though.

There is a group of undergrads working on fixing the Photran debugger.
They have a fix for the U variable problem.  The U variables are
termpoararies inserted by the compiler.  They have fixed a number of
other problems, as well, though they haven't fixed them all.  The big
problem is one of packaging.  Photran shares its debugger with CDT, so
they are figuring out how to package their changes in such a wa that
they can fix the Photran debugger without breaking the CDT debugger.
When they figure that out, they will release their changes.

I don't recall hearing about the problem involving extracting a
component from something that is not a structure.  I'll talk to them
and see if it is one of the bugs that they fixed.

This is a class project, so it ought to be done by the end of
semester, but probably not in the next month.

-Ralph Johnson