how to debug exceptions/asserts thrown in module constructors?

[timotheecour via Digitalmars-d-learn]

UPDATE:

* b Loader.d:123 didn't help either:

error: parsing line table prologue at 0x00000000 (parsing ended 
around 0x00000000
Breakpoint 1: where = 
mybinary.temp`D4gtkc6Loader6Linker12_staticDtor3FZv, address = 
0x0000000100315410
(process exited despite breakpoint); dmd's dwarf debug info seems 
incorrect

* b _d_throwc #does nothing

* b _d_print_throwable: doesn't show useful context (only shows 
backtrace after stack unwinding)
(lldb) bt
* thread #1: tid = 0x6187c1, 0x0000000100191c30 mybinary.temp 
_d_print_throwable, stop reason = breakpoint 4.1
   * frame #0: 0x0000000100191c30 mybinary.temp _d_print_throwable
     frame #1: 0x0000000100191530 mybinary.temp rt_init + 160
     frame #2: 0x0000000100191a9a mybinary.temp 
D2rt6dmain211_d_run_mainUiPPaPUAAaZiZ6runAllMFZv + 14
     frame #3: 0x0000000100191a40 mybinary.temp 
D2rt6dmain211_d_run_mainUiPPaPUAAaZiZ7tryExecMFMDFZvZv + 36
     frame #4: 0x00000001001919a6 mybinary.temp _d_run_main + 498
     frame #5: 0x0000000100001efa mybinary.temp main + 34
     frame #6: 0x00007fff89ad65ad libdyld.dylib start + 1

* b _D4gtkc6Loader6Linker11loadLibraryFAyaZv isn't very helpful 
since this function is complex (and could be inlined more 
generally) and that function is called many times before the 
exception is thrown
```
   public static void loadLibrary(string library)
   {
     void* handle = pLoadLibrary(library);

     //TODO: A more general way to try more than one version.
     if ( handle is null && library == importLibs[LIBRARY.GSV] )
       handle = pLoadLibrary(importLibs[LIBRARY.GSV1]);

     if ( handle is null )
       throw new Exception("Library load failed: " ~ library);

     loadedLibraries[library] = handle;
   }
```

but at least we get a better context:

(lldb) bt
* thread #1: tid = 0x6187c1, 0x0000000100315878 mybinary.temp 
D4gtkc6Loader6Linker11loadLibraryFAyaZv, stop reason = breakpoint 
3.1
   * frame #0: 0x0000000100315878 mybinary.temp 
D4gtkc6Loader6Linker11loadLibraryFAyaZv
     frame #1: 0x0000000100315699 mybinary.temp 
D4gtkc6Loader6Linker9getSymbolFAyaAAyaXPv + 237
     frame #2: 0x00000001003155a4 mybinary.temp 
D4gtkc6Loader6Linker9getSymbolFAyaAE4gtkc5paths7LIBRARYXPv + 232
     frame #3: 0x00000001003163bd mybinary.temp 
D4gtkc6Loader6Linker39__T4linkTPUZE4gtkc12gobjecttypes5GTypeZ4linkFKPUZE4gtkc12gobjecttypes5GTypeAyaAE4gtkc5paths7LIBRARYXv + 69 at .dub/packages/gtk-d-3.3.1/gtk-d/src/gtkc/Loader.d:46
     frame #4: 0x000000010038c75d mybinary.temp 
D4gtkc3atk18_sharedStaticCtor4FZv + 77 at 
.dub/packages/gtk-d-3.3.1/gtk-d/src/gtkc/atk.d:36
     frame #5: 0x000000010038c67d mybinary.temp 
_D4gtkc3atk15__modsharedctorFZv + 9 at 
.dub/packages/gtk-d-3.3.1/gtk-d/src/gtkc/atk.d:32
     frame #6: 0x0000000100199c17 mybinary.temp 
D2rt5minfo67__T14runModuleFuncsS442rt5minfo11ModuleGroup8runCtorsMFZ9__lambda2Z14runModuleFuncsMFAxPyS6object10ModuleInfoZv + 91
     frame #7: 0x0000000100199785 mybinary.temp 
D2rt5minfo11ModuleGroup8runCtorsMFZv + 37
     frame #8: 0x0000000100199a91 mybinary.temp 
D2rt5minfo13rt_moduleCtorUZ14__foreachbody1MFKS2rt19sections_osx_x86_6412SectionGroupZi + 45
     frame #9: 0x0000000100199a60 mybinary.temp rt_moduleCtor + 20
     frame #10: 0x00000001001914f3 mybinary.temp rt_init + 99
     frame #11: 0x0000000100191a9a mybinary.temp 
D2rt6dmain211_d_run_mainUiPPaPUAAaZiZ6runAllMFZv + 14
     frame #12: 0x0000000100191a40 mybinary.temp 
D2rt6dmain211_d_run_mainUiPPaPUAAaZiZ7tryExecMFMDFZvZv + 36
     frame #13: 0x00000001001919a6 mybinary.temp _d_run_main + 498
     frame #14: 0x0000000100001efa mybinary.temp main + 34
     frame #15: 0x00007fff89ad65ad libdyld.dylib start + 1


Ideally there should be a way (via a runtime or compile time 
option) to wrap the exception throwing (during rt_moduleCtor) 
inside a extern(C) function that we can put a breakpoint on (and 
possibly even call backtrace_symbols on)



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to reproduce:

main.d:
import ggplotd.gtk;
void main(){
}


dub.json:
{
  "targetType": "executable",
  "sourcePaths":["."],

  "dependencies": {
  "ggplotd": ">=1.1.0",
  },

  "subConfigurations": {
   "ggplotd": "ggplotd-gtk",
  },
  "buildRequirements": ["allowWarnings"],
}