Re: gdb cannot call help function in replay mode

On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 06:11:26 +0200, jian shen wrote:
> In below example, when I try to call function getA1() in replay mode, gdb give
> warning that it will write memory and make the execution log unusable, although
> this function does not write memory, only read memory.

The function writes to stack and registers.


> In real project, I have some helper function to dump what a handle is.  But in
> replay mode, I could not call such functions.  This limitation makes the replay
> mode almost unusable to me.  Any suggestion?

You should use Python Pretty Printer instead.  This will also work for core
file analysis where you also cannot call inferior functions.


Jan