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- Metrowerks 68K and PowerPC Debugger release notes
- =================================================
-
- Version: 1.01
- Date: September 15, 1994
- Author: Dan Podwall
-
- This is a patch update for the CW4 Metrowerks debuggers.
- You should have received patch files for both the 68K and PowerPC
- debuggers. Use the UpdateUser application from the CW4 CD to
- apply the patches. The UpdateUser partition size should be set
- to at least 2000K.
-
- Please make sure to read the “Known incompatibilies” section
- at the end of this document.
-
- System 7.5 users: The PowerPC extension PPCTraceEnabler is not
- needed when running System 7.5. You should remove it from your
- Extensions folder.
-
- Changes
- ```````
-
- - Fixes a problem the debugger had communicating with
- DebugServices under System 7.5 (-27361 error).
-
- - Eliminates the “-600” error that sometimes occurred
- in the 68K debugger when the target process was terminated
- in MacsBug.
-
- - The array size edit field in the array window can
- now be edited to resize arrays.
-
- - More significant digits are used for floating point display
-
- A side effect of this occurs when you edit floating point values.
- Since not all decimal floating point numbers can be precisely
- represent in binary floating point (and vice versa), you may type
- a value in, such as "1.01", and see it changed to a number close
- to the value you typed in, but with many more decimal places.
-
- - Pascal support has been improved in a number of areas, including Pascal-ish data
- type display, better support for enumerated types, and hex formatting. The language
- used is global to a SYM file, and is determined by looking at the extension for the
- file containing the main() function, or in Pascal, the program start.
-
- The following issues are still open:
-
- - No support for packed arrays. There is currently no SYM file
- support for this.
-
- - The default editor options (font, size, color syntax highlighting)
- are taken from the C/C++ environment default prefs.
-
- - The SYM format allows for types that don't exist in Pascal. Examples
- are void and unsigned. If these appear in a Pascal SYM file the debugger
- will show the C type name with brackets around it, e.g. <void>.
-
- - Booleans are not displayed as "true" and "false", but as decimal
- values. This will take a UI rev to do properly, and will appear in
- the next major release.
-
- - Non-printing characters in strings are escaped C-style, e.g. 'He\0lle'
- for a string with an embedded null.
-
- - The debugger now uses the 1.0 PowerPlant from the CW4 CD, so it inherits any
- fixes made there.
-
- - Increased the maximum number of functions in the function popup from
- 200 to 400.
-
- - Fixed a problem where statement and breakpoint markers did not draw.
-
- - Fixed a problem where the toolbar buttons didn't respond to clicks
- when the toolbar window was initially hidden.
-
-
- Known incompatibilities
- ```````````````````````
-
- 68K Debugger/DebuggerINIT
-
- - Geoport Express Modem.
- - PowerPC System 7.1.2 or System 7.5 virtual memory
- - 68K System 7.5 virtual memory
- - RamDoubler
-
- PowerPC Debugger/DebugServices
-
- - Virtual memory and RAM disk enabled simultaneously. VM alone is fine.
- - RamDoubler
-
- Bug Reports
- ```````````
-
- Please send in your bug reports using the Applelink Bug Report Template stored
- in the CW4 release notes folder. Send reports to:
-
- Internet: support@metrowerks.com with cc:dpodwall@netcom.com
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Dan Podwall AppleLink: DPODWALL
- Metrowerks, Inc. Internet: dpodwall@netcom.com
-