On Sat, 2 May 1998, Ed Wrotniewski wrote:
> Under GDB, when it reports the contents of a variable that is a pointer
> (struct char_data *ch) it obviously shows you the memory address that ch
> pointed to. Is there any way to examine that memory address and see what
> exactly ch was? So if a mob is crashing the mud by doing something, I can
> see what mob it was exactly.
p *ch # Shows the whole data structure
p ch->player.short_descr # Shows mob name
p ch->player.name # Shows players name/mob's aliases
p mob_index[ch->nr].number # Shows mob's vnum (I think)
p (short for print) is one of the most helpful commands to know along
with backtrace and list.
John Evans <evansj@hi-line.net> -- http://www.hi-line.net/~evansj/
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
--Arthur C. Clarke
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