README.txt

June 1, 2019 ยท View on GitHub

HOW TO USE

Each subdirectory has one or more go files and a README.txt file. Open README.txt and follow the instructions.

Tests 1 - 3 involve different ways to start delve. Tests 4 - 6 deal with breakpoints in concurrent programs, they all require a multicore computer with GOMAXPROCS unset or set to >1. Tests 7 - 10 deal with miscellaneous features. Tests 11 - 18 deal with variable loading and visualization, they all require a GUI client

This is a more detailed summary of all tests:

  1. debug a _test.go file
  2. debug a core file
  3. let's users specify a --log-output parameter
  4. dealing with simultaneous breakpoint triggering on multiple goroutines
  5. dealing with breakpoints during next/step/stepout
  6. can request a manual stop
  7. can show disassembly and CPU registers (and keep it up to date with the current instruction)
  8. can show local variables of different goroutines or different frames, can execute next in a different goroutine
  9. displays a warning when stepping through a stale executable
  10. setting a breakpoint on a function should result in the breakpoint being after the prologue
  11. shows shadowed variables in a way that is distinct from visible variables
  12. can evaluate arbitrary expressions
  13. continue loading strings
  14. continue loading slices
  15. continue loading maps
  16. continue loading pointers
  17. continue loading interfaces
  18. displaying a map[int]string should not be confusing
  19. unreadable variables should be shown as such
  20. the debugger should run fast even in presence of very deep stacks, a large number of goroutines or very large variables
  21. dealing with compiler-autogenerated stubs

2019 results: https://gist.github.com/aarzilli/f3b69cadc6d8968e3e7784eb0d486d76