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RE: [cdt-dev] CDT Debugging on Windows using Microsoft debugger 
So in all seriousness, do you want me to ask Sam what Microsoft's position
would be on helping CDT enable this support?

Mike Milinkovich
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Pawel Piech
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 2:56 PM
> To: CDT General developers list.
> Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] CDT Debugging on Windows using Microsoft
> debugger
> 
> I know that the TCF component in the DSDP/TM project has an agent
> prototype for Windows, but it's of very limited functionality.  I think
> the main roadblock to good MS debugger support is the MSVC debug symbol
> data format.  I actually chatted with an MSVC engineer at EclipseCon
> this year and asked him about this issue.  It seems that the general
> debugging interface is an API that belongs to the Windows group, and
> there are strict (read court ordered) publishing requirements for this
> API.  However the debug symbol files generated by the MSVC
> compiler/linker are consumed only by the MSVC debugger only and are
> internal to the MSVC group.  I'm sure that there would be a lot of
> technical and political challenges to making this format open, but you
> can always ask... I think it was asksam@xxxxxxxxxxx :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Pawel
> 
> Pavel Krupets wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > As I understand there is no support for Microsoft debugger. Is it
> based on some political/legal reasons? Patents?
> > I am willing to commit my time and skills to add support for this
> debugger and if someone is working on this I am willing to help, if not
> I am willing to start this project (want to be dead sure before
> starting it, I'd rather help working on existing project).
> >
> > With regards,
> > Pavel Krupets
> >
> >
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