Debugging Python C extensions with GDB

[Jen Kris]

Thanks for your reply.  Victor's article didn't mention ctypes extensions, so I wanted to post a question before I build from source.  


Nov 14, 2022, 14:32 by barry at barrys-emacs.org:

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>> 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?
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> Yes.
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> 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.
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> Barry
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>> Thanks. 
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>> Jen
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