5. Bdb The ``Bigloo Debugger'' Nov 1999 -- Continuing execution after a breakpoint

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Continuing execution after a breakpoint
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| When the execution has stopped at a breakpoint several commands allow the execution to be resumed: You may use any of the GDB commands to resume an execution No distinction is made between Bigloo and C code. That is, it is possible when stepping a Bigloo function to enter a C function and vice versa. BDB does not try to hide the execution of C functions. Each code compiled in debug mode is visible from BDB. `continue [IGNORE-COUNT]` `` `c [IGNORE-COUNT]` `` Resume program execution at the address where your program last stopped; any breakpoints set at that address are bypassed. The optional argument IGNORE-COUNT allows you to specify a further number of times to ignore a breakpoint at this location. `step [COUNT]` `` `s [COUNT]` `` Continue running your program until control reaches a different Scheme source line, then stop it and return control to BDB. This command is abbreviated `bs`. `next [COUNT]` `` `n [COUNT]` `` Continue to the next source line in the current (innermost) stack frame. This is similar to `step`, but function calls that appear within the line of code are executed without stopping. Execution stops when control reaches a different line of code at the original stack level that was executing when you gave the `next` command. This command is abbreviated `n`. An argument COUNT is a repeat count, as for `step`. The `next` command now only stops at the first instruction of a source line. This prevents the multiple stops that used to occur in switch statements, for loops, etc. `finish` `` `f` `` Continue running until just after the function in the selected stack frame returns. Print the returned value (if any). `until` `` `u` `` Continue running until a source line past the current line, in the current stack frame, is reached. This command is used to avoid single stepping through a loop more than once. It is like the `next` command, except that when `until` encounters a jump, it automatically continues execution until the program counter is greater than the address of the jump. This means that when you reach the end of a loop after single stepping through it, `until` makes your program continue execution until it exits the loop. In contrast, a `next' command at the end of a loop simply steps back to the beginning of the loop, which forces you to step through the next iteration. `until` always stops your program if it attempts to exit the current stack frame. `return [EXPRESSION]` `` `r [EXPRESSION]` `` You may return from a function, using the `return` GDB command This cancels the execution of a function call. If you give an `EXPRESSION` argument, its value is used as the function's return value.

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