Debugging code that uses date time module

[guziy]

Hi:

This is more a question than an issue. I have trouble debugging code that uses the date time module.
With ddt, compiled with pgi:
whenever I get in the code where manipulations with date time objects occur (maybe reference to fields...), the gdb process starts consuming enormous amount of memory and it consumes it all...

With gdb-apple compiled with gfortran:
eclipse is refusing to show the datetime or timedelta objects (ddt shows the objects but it freezes due to memory issues)

Do you think it is possible to change the type definitions to make them more debugger friendly?

Cheers

[guziy]

I see that gdb-apple has a problem in general with allocatable arrays like tests... So this might be gdb-apple issue..

[milancurcic]

I am not familiar with these tools, though I am surprised they seem to not
handle datetime well. There isn't really anything fancy in the code, mostly
derived types and type-bound methods.

Can you make a suggestion on changing the type definitions? If it is
feasible and there is obvious benefit from the new design, we can
re-implement things.

Thanks!

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Huziy Oleksandr (Sasha) <
notifications@github.com> wrote:

I see that gdb-apple has a problem in general with allocatable arrays like
tests... So this might be gdb-apple issue..

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[guziy]

I've asked our analysts to investigate this... If they or me come up with something that could be done I'll get back to you.

Are you using something else for debugging?

Thanks

[milancurcic]

I use write(,) for most debugging :).

It's more work but keeps me grounded.

Cheers.

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Huziy Oleksandr (Sasha) <
notifications@github.com> wrote:

I've asked our analysts to investigate this... If they or me come up with
something that could be done I'll get back to you.

Are you using something else for debugging?

Thanks

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[zbeekman]

Yes, I find unit tests, integration tests, regression tests, combined with CI tools etc. makes there be very little need for debugging tools.

gdb should work... you may want to install Homebrew and upgrade gcc/binutils etc.