A newer WinDBG version, please...

[Denis Koroskin]

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:44:54 +0300, Sean Kelly <sean at invisibleduck.org>  
wrote:

> BCS Wrote:
>
>> Hello A,
>>
>> > Walter Bright Wrote:
>> >
>> >> A Bothe wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Like I wrote in the D.Debuggers forum:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi everyone,
>> >>>
>> >>> after seeking for symbolic debuggers for D I noticed that there's a
>> >>> newer version of WinDBG
>> >>>
>> >>> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/installx86.Mspx
>> >>>
>> >>> I tried this one with the latest (D 2.0.3.7) DMD version and it
>> >>> worked!
>> >>>
>> >>> http://digitalmars.com/d/2.0/windbg.html says that other versions of
>> >>> WinDBG don't work ...so why don't pack this new version into the DMD
>> >>> .zip ?
>> >>>
>> >> The installer is 17Mb for one reason :-(
>> >>
>> > Hmm... but anyway a link to the Microsoft site would also be enough
>> >
>>
>> I haven't tried it yet, but if it's better than the old thing; Yes,  
>> please!
>> The poor state of debugging in D is IMHO one of the major roadblocks.
>
> I recall DDBG being pretty nice.  Or isn't it maintained any longer?

ddbg is, indeed, very good, but last update to it was 2 years ago.