Debugging Python C extensions with GDB
Barry
barry at barrys-emacs.org
Mon Nov 14 17:32:35 EST 2022
> On 14 Nov 2022, at 19:10, Jen Kris via Python-list <python-list at python.org> wrote:
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> In September 2021, Victor Stinner wrote “Debugging Python C extensions with GDB” (https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2021/09/08/debugging-python-c-extensions-gdb#getting_started_with_python_3_9).
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> My question is: with Python 3.9+, can I debug into a C extension written in pure C and called from ctypes -- that is not written using the C_API?
Yes.
Just put a breakpoint on the function in the c library that you want to debug.
You can set the breakpoint before a .so is loaded.
Barry
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> Thanks.
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> Jen
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