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Re:Show HN: Uscope, a New Linux Debugger Written from Scratch by quotemstr on Friday January 31, 2025 @03:52PM (#42891823)
> excepting weird hacks like evaluating `print c.begin()` and catching it output)

Why do you consider that a weird hack instead of legitimate programming technique?

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Re:Show HN: Uscope, a New Linux Debugger Written from Scratch by feelamee on Friday January 31, 2025 @05:28PM (#42893058)
If this is not weird hack, why gdb provide api for getting C++ variables values instead of using this "legitimate programming technique"?
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