[photran] Photran debugger problems---not sure where the problem is

[James Hart <jamesahart79@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I have been recently inspecting Photran to see how it handles in
real-world environments.  I really like the idea of using Eclipse as
the basis for a large number of reasons, including the possibility of
expanding the functionality for in-house projects.  Unfortunately, I
am having some serious issues with the debugger that make it
essentially useless for me needs as is currently stands.

There are several different problems I have found, which do not
reassure me.  However, I consider it likely that these problems are
due as much to my particular configuration as anything else.  I have a
Windows XP 64 bit system with the gfortran and gdb debugger installed
as per the directions on the website.

My game-breaker bugs is as follows:

(1) When I place a debug point, some of the information from the
debugger apparently leaks over into the output console.  The timing is
unpredictable, but repeatable with the same code.  This would be a
minor problem if it weren't for the fact that the program also
sometimes hangs when this happens.  When is again unpredictable; it
depends in my particular case how many lines have breakpoints, and
which lines they are.  This is unacceptable.

In my case, the last line of output from my simple console app looks like:

Number         2205  0.50000149
1738*stopped,reason="breakpoint-hit",bkptno="1",thread-id="1",frame={addr="0x0040135e",func="entry",args=[],file="../entry.f90",fullname="/cygdrive/d/Documents
and Settings/ja21673.MITLL/workspace/first_test/entry.f90",line="15"}


Several other (maybe related) irritants:

(2) The output from the execution console is not encouraging, and
means almost nothing to me.  My most recent session produced the
output:

cygwin warning:
  MS-DOS style path detected: D:\Documents and
Settings\ja21673.MITLL\workspace\first_test
  Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/d/Documents and
Settings/ja21673.MITLL/workspace/first_test
  CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning.
  Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths:
    http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames
.gdbinit: No such file or directory.
auto-solib-add on
Undefined command: "auto-solib-add".  Try "help".
[New thread 5744.0x1194]
Error: dll starting at 0x77d40000 not found.
Error: dll starting at 0x77d40000 not found.
Error: dll starting at 0x77c20000 not found.
Error while mapping shared library sections:
/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/SysWOW64/ntdll32.dll: No such file or directory.
[New thread 5744.0xde0]
Current language:  auto; currently fortran
A syntax error in expression, near `.0'.

(3) When I select an element of an array, this last part of the
console output is produced.

I can send you a copy of the program and the output, if you'd like;
they aren't very long.  I don't know what else is relevant; the
makefile, maybe?  I just used the autogenerated one.

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