[mdlug] [Request] (dis)recommendations for gcc function call sequence

[Robert Meier]

David, Ray, Kristian, and all

Thank you for responding.

I just learned of gcc -finstument-functions,
which seems to do what I want,
but will require some compiling with nm(1), m4(1), and perl(1)
to humanize the data.

I'll look at etrace to see it is easier.

I have too much code to step through interactively,
so I had rejected gdb.
However, I've been credibly informed that gdb can be scripted,
a feature I may look into.

Unfortunately, dtrace seems to depend on kernel alterations,
yet-to-be-ported to linux by frysk.

Thanks to all,
-- 
Bob

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