Re: development tools for interpreting code

[soraberri <421246@posta.unizar.es>]

Nir Dremer wrote:
> as far as i understood the problem you're compiling your code without
> debugging information.
> 
> in order for the debugger to know where the sources files are located
> debugging information should be compiled into the executable/library.
> 
> common debugging flags are: -ggdb -g2.
> 
> check "man gcc" for more details.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 17:17 +0100, soraberri wrote:
> 
>>Hi all,
>>
>>In this stage of my learning I am basically trying to understand some 
>>code that others have develop. The code is about bluetooth tools but 
>>this is unrelevant at this moment. Rigth now I'm using Kdevelop for this 
>>task with the source that I want to understand loaded into a new 
>>project, and I always find the same problem which I will describe you in 
>>terms of an example:
>>
>>at some point of the code I find a call to a function or a typedef name 
>>(for exmple str2ba) and I would like to find the header file or even the 
>>source file where this function (or type) is defined. I can only use the 
>>Grep:str2ba command found under "Find in files..." dialog but sometimes 
>>this is not suitable because I have to tell manually the path from the 
>>starting point of the search, and if I don't know exactly the rigth 
>>folder, the number of results searched can be too many for examining. I 
>>guess it may be a better way, since the program compiles and has the 
>>appropiate includes (#include <header>), so the compiler must know where 
>>the function is defined.
>>
>>So, every suggestions would be wellcome,
>>
>>thaks in advance
>>
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well, maybe this is not the problem. In Kdevelop I have 
--enable-debug=full flag in configuration options, and the option 
"debug" checked at ->Build.
Furthermore, my problem is not about compiling, is about reading code, 
because I want a way to reach directly to the piece of code where 
particular definitions are made.

regards