Bug 81670 - Improvement in frame stack display
Summary: Improvement in frame stack display
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kdevelop
Classification: Applications
Component: CPP Debugger (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0.3
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdevelop-bugs-null
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Reported: 2004-05-16 09:08 UTC by Nick Savoiu
Modified: 2006-05-19 16:12 UTC (History)
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Description Nick Savoiu 2004-05-16 09:08:38 UTC
Version:           3.0.3 (using KDE KDE 3.2.2)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
Compiler:          gcc3.2 
OS:                Linux

NOTE: viewing this in a fixed font would probably make things easier to understand. A formatted version is available at: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~savoiu/kdevelop_frame_stack.html.

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This is how a backtrace is currently displayed in the 'Frame Stack' pane. 
While it's an informative display I find it hard to 'decypher' without careful reading.

#0 Mtp_MakeHndInternal () from /home/nsavoiu/test/src/linux-gcc-32/mtplib.so
#1 0x41d86e99 in Mtp_DeletesByteWord () from /home/nsavoiu/test/src/linux-gcc-32/mtplib.so
#2 0x41d86558 in Mtp_CompMakeHnd () from /home/nsavoiu/test/src/linux-gcc-32/mtplib.so
#3 0x41d66651 in Mtp_MakeHndEx () from /home/nsavoiu/test/src/linux-gcc-32/mtplib.so
#4 0x41d925cf in Mtp_RetestAndMakeHnd () from /home/nsavoiu/test/src/linux-gcc-32/mtplib.so
#5 0x41d924b7 in Mtp_RetestAndMake () from /home/nsavoiu/test/src/linux-gcc-32/mtplib.so
#6 0x415ba847 in Mtp::Rehash::RetestAndMake (this=0x80708a8, cmdline=@0xbfffe190) at Mtp_Rehash.cpp:66
#7 0x400225f9 in MainHook::DoLoop (this=0xbfffe440, input=@0xbfffe220, exit_on_error=true) at MainHook.cpp:370
#8 0x40022aae in MainHook::Do (this=0xbfffe440) at MainHook.cpp:431
#9 0x4001d7be in main (argc=3, argv=0xbfffe4e4) at Main.cpp:179
#0 0x4235d967 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
#1 0x0804a25d in _start ()

My suggestion is to parse the GDB output and have a column display as the one in
the 'Watch' pane. Optionally the user should be allowed to change what columns are
displayed and in what order.

This would allow a user to remove information that he/she does not care for. Most of the
time 'function' and 'parameters' are sufficient for my needs. At the very least the user
would be able to make unneeded columns very narrow.


Frame | Function                   | Params                       | Source                      | Address
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#0    | Mtp_MakeHndInternal        |                              | /home/nsa...cc-32/mtplib.so |
#1    | Mtp_DeletesByteWord        |                              | /home/nsa...cc-32/mtplib.so | 0x41d86e99 
#2    | Mtp_CompMakeHnd            |                              | /home/nsa...cc-32/mtplib.so | 0x41d86558
#3    | Mtp_MakeHndEx              |                              | /home/nsa...cc-32/mtplib.so | 0x41d66651
#4    | Mtp_RetestAndMakeHnd       |                              | /home/nsa...cc-32/mtplib.so | 0x41d925cf
#5    | Mtp_RetestAndMake          |                              | /home/nsa...cc-32/mtplib.so | 0x41d924b7
#6    | Mtp::Rehash::RetestAndMake | this=0x8070 ... =@0xbfffe190 | Mtp_Rehash.cpp:66           | 0x415ba847
#7    | MainHook::DoLoop           | this=0xbfff ... n_error=true | MainHook.cpp:370            | 0x400225f9
#8    | MainHook::Do               | this=0xbfffe440)             | MainHook.cpp:431            | 0x40022aae
#9    | main                       | argc=3, argv=0xbfffe4e4)     | Main.cpp:179                | 0x40022aae
#0    | __libc_start_main          |                              | /lib/i686/libc.so.6         | 0x4235d967
#1    | _start                     |                              |                             | 0x0804a25d
Comment 1 Amilcar do Carmo Lucas 2004-11-05 18:04:57 UTC
Nope, no objections here.
Comment 2 Nick Savoiu 2004-11-05 18:57:58 UTC
Hehe, I had posted to the wrong list :)
Comment 3 Vladimir Prus 2006-05-19 16:12:10 UTC
SVN commit 542513 by vprus:

Merge MI branch (/branches/work/kdevelop-debugger-mi).

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