Debugging Python C extensions with GDB

[Barry]

> 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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> Jen
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