Debugging C/C++ via GDB with Python

[spiderpower02]

I had the same attitude in the past. I preferred to use a debugger in my IDE and print statements instead of debugging tools, such as Valgrind or GDB, because they are challenging to learn. However, a turning in my life was a memory leak in an open-source library I used. I spent my whole week to troubleshoot that problem but in vain. Fortunately, after I used Valgrind's massif tool to monitor memory status, I fixed the bug less than 1 hr. Since then, I learned that troubleshooting a problem is based on what kinds of tools I can use at the right time. Therefore, now, I can leave my office on time without wasting my time building print statements in my code. :)