Accessing program information that gdb sees in C++
- by anon
I have a program written in C++, on Linux, compiled with -g.
When I run it under gdb, I can
1) set breakpoints
2) at those breakpoints, print out variables
3) see the stackframe
4) given a variable that's a structure, print out parts of the structure (i.e. how ddd displays information).
Now, given that my program is compiled with "-g" -- is there anyway that I can access this power within my program itself?
I.e. given that my program is compiled with "-g", is there some
std::vector<string> getStackFrame();
function I can call to get the current stackframe at the current point of execution?
Given a pointer to an object and it's type ... can I do
std::vector getClassMember(class_name);
?
I realize the default answer is "no, C++ doesn't support that level of introspection" -- however, recall I'm on linux, my program is compiled with "-g", and gdb can do it, so clearly the inforamtion is there. Question is: is there some API for accessing it?
EDIT: PS Naysers, I'd love to see a reason for closing this question.
