Commands That Alter the State of the Program

The following commands might make modifications to your program:

assign Command

The assign command assigns the value of the expression to variable. Using it in dbx permanently alters the value of variable.

assign variable = expression

pop Command

The pop command pops a frame or frames from the stack:

pop

Pop current frame.

pop number

Pop number frames.

pop -f number

Pop frames until specified frame number.

Any calls popped are re-executed upon resumption, which might result in unwanted program changes. pop also calls destructors for objects local to the popped functions.

For more information, see pop Command.

call Command

When you use the call command in dbx, you call a procedure and the procedure performs as specified:

call proc([params])

The procedure could modify something in your program. dbx is making the call as if you had written it into your program source.

For more information, see call Command.

print Command

To print the value of the expressions, type:

print expression, ...

If an expression has a function call, the same considerations apply as with the call Command command. With C++, you should also be careful of unexpected side effects caused by overloaded operators.

For more information, see print Command.

when Command

The when command has a general syntax as follows:

when event-specification [modifier] {command; ... }

When the event occurs, the commands are executed.

When you get to a line or to a procedure, a command is performed. Depending upon which command is issued, this could alter your program state.

For more information, see when Command.

fix Command

You can use the fix command to make immediate changes to your program:

fix

Although it is a very useful tool, the fix command recompiles modified source files and dynamically links the modified functions into the application.

Make sure to check the restrictions for fix and continue. See Memory Leak (mel) Error.

For more information, see fix Command.

cont at Command

The cont at command alters the order in which the program runs. Execution is continued at line line. id is required if the program is multithreaded.

cont at line [ id ]

This could change the outcome of the program.