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Tools we use in the making of Folk

''rr''

  • rr is a time travel debugger that runs native programs with only about a 50% overhead
  • it uses GDB for its interface
  • Mason Jones:
    • I use it as I've been weeding out bugs in jimtcl
    • I start by setting a breakpoint at the segfault or panic, see what value is messed up, set a watchpoint, and run it backwards until I hit that watchpoint. Then it's a matter of alternating forwards and backwards until I find the exact spot
    • For example, it's kinda amazing to do watch -l someObj->refCount, use rc to run backwards, and find exactly where the refCount was last set
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