R devel - Mar 2015 - How do you debug the R implementation?

This is a question for the folks who are developing the C part of the R 
implementation, and not about R debugging.

I'm curious what tools developers use to debug the C implementation on 
Mac OS and Linux (my two platforms). And, if you happen to use gdb, 
whether anyone has any macros to simplify seeing inside the R internal 
data structures.

Thanks
Mick Jordan

On OSX I suggest using lldb instead of gdb, it works better with the
toolchain. If you want C level profiling, try Instruments, it is part of
xcode.

See also
http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-devel/R-exts.html#Debugging-compiled-code

Gabor


On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Mick Jordan <mick.jordan at oracle.com>
wrote:
> This is a question for the folks who are developing the C part of the R
> implementation, and not about R debugging.
>
> I'm curious what tools developers use to debug the C implementation on
Mac
> OS and Linux (my two platforms). And, if you happen to use gdb, whether
> anyone has any macros to simplify seeing inside the R internal data
> structures.
>
> Thanks
> Mick Jordan
>
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