Debugging Python C extensions with GDB

[Barry]

> On 14 Nov 2022, at 23:44, Jen Kris <jenkris at tutanota.com> wrote:
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> Thanks for your reply.  Victor's article didn't mention ctypes extensions, so I wanted to post a question before I build from source.  

Gdb works on any program its not special to python.
Victor is only talking about a specific use of gdb for python c extensions.

Barry


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> 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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