[3.12] gh-89480: Document the gdb helpers (GH-115657) #115857
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Content adapted from https://devguide.python.org/development-tools/gdb/GH- and https://wiki.python.org/moin/DebuggingWithGdb. The original content on the Wiki page came from gdb debug help used by the Launchpad (https://launchpad.net/) team. Thanks to Anatoly Techtonik and user `rmf` for substantial improvements to the Wiki page. The history of the Devguide page follows (with log entries expanded for major content contributions): Hugo van Kemenade, Sat Dec 30 21:22:04 2023 +0200 Hugo van Kemenade, Fri Dec 8 12:04:32 2023 +0200 Erlend E. Aasland & Hugo van Kemenade, Tue Aug 8 22:05:34 2023 +0200 Satish Mishra, Sat Feb 11 13:54:57 2023 +0530 Hugo van Kemenade, Fri Dec 23 17:33:33 2022 +0200 Skip Montanaro, Hugo, Erlend, & Ezio, Fri Nov 4 05:04:23 2022 -0500 Add a GDB tips section to Advanced Tools (pythonGH-977) Adam Turner, Wed Jun 15 21:19:23 2022 +0100 Adam Turner, Tue Jun 14 11:12:26 2022 +0100 Suriyaa, Fri Jun 8 19:39:23 2018 +0200 Jeff Allen, Tue Oct 24 18:12:53 2017 +0100 Jeff Allen, Fri Oct 13 13:43:43 2017 +0100 Mariatta, Wed Jan 4 09:14:55 2017 -0800 Carol Willing, Mon Sep 26 14:50:54 2016 -0700 Zachary Ware, Thu Jul 21 10:42:23 2016 -0500 Georg Brandl, Mon Nov 3 11:28:19 2014 +0100 Add instruction how to activate python-gdb.py Georg Brandl, Sun Mar 9 10:32:01 2014 +0100 Georg Brandl, Tue Apr 3 09:12:53 2012 +0200 Georg Brandl, Sat Mar 5 17:32:35 2011 +0100 Dave Malcolm, Fri Jan 21 12:34:09 2011 -0500 Add documentation on the gdb extension commands provided in libpython.py I adapted this from documentation I wrote for the Fedora wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/EasierPythonDebuggingGH-New_gdb_commands reformatting it as rst, and making other minor changes Brett Cannon, Thu Jan 20 15:16:52 2011 -0800 Dave Malcolm, Thu Jan 20 16:17:23 2011 -0500 Add some notes on the gdb pretty-printer hooks Antoine Pitrou, Thu Jan 20 21:17:49 2011 +0100 Give an example backtrace Antoine Pitrou, Thu Jan 20 21:03:06 2011 +0100 Expand explanations about gdb support Brett Cannon, Thu Jan 20 11:33:36 2011 -0800 Tweak the gdb support title to fit in better with the devguide. Brett Cannon, Mon Jan 17 21:12:54 2011 +0000 Short README on gdb support. (cherry picked from commit 59057ce) Co-authored-by: Pablo Galindo Salgado <Pablogsal@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Adam Turner <9087854+aa-turner@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: anatoly techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> Co-authored-by: Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> Co-authored-by: Carol Willing <carolcode@willingconsulting.com> Co-authored-by: Dave Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> Co-authored-by: Erlend E. Aasland <erlend.aasland@protonmail.com> Co-authored-by: Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Jeff Allen <ja.py@farowl.co.uk> Co-authored-by: Mariatta <Mariatta@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Petr Viktorin <encukou@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Satish Mishra <7506satish@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Suriyaa <isc.suriyaa@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Zachary Ware <zachary.ware@gmail.com>
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Content adapted from https://devguide.python.org/development-tools/gdb/GH-
and https://wiki.python.org/moin/DebuggingWithGdb.
(The commit includes history & attributions.)
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