File Naming and the Debugger
lazarus / 12-Debugger

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JimKueneman · 2019-12-12 04:43

I just spent a lot of time refactoring a library and decided to use
namespaces for filename/unit names.

unit some.thing;

When I compile a program with these units the debugger will not give
me blue dots so I can't set breakpoints in it.  If I change the name
of the unit/file it works correctly..

unit some_thing;

Is this a known limitation?

2.0.6 on OSX.

Jim

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Martin_fr · 2019-12-12 15:03

I haven't tested it....

Are you using the LLDB based debugger?

There is a chance that he IDE debugger code has an issue with this.
But it is also quite possible that lldb/gdb have issues with this.

*IF* it is the latter, then there may not be a fix.

There is some instructions here how to get a logfile
https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,42869.0.html
(similar for gdb https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/GDB_Debugger_Tips
#Log_info_for_debug_session )

I can try to have a look at the log, and see if it has anything
obvious.