The One With D

DDBG

One of the biggest gripes about D, and rightly so, is the lack of a solid debugger. Sure, we have the antiquated WinDbg on Windows and tooth-pulling gdb on Linux, but there are quirks with how they handle D data types. Windows users, at least, can now rejoice. Jascha Wetzel is putting together a D-specific, debugger called DDBG. It understands the Codeview symbols DMD outputs on Windows as well as D data types. Currently, it is in an ‘alpha state’, but Jascha has made it available for your use anyway.

This is a project I’ve been hoping to see for a while now. It will be great to finally have a debugger that understands D.

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