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> On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 02:33:27PM +0200, Gerrit Bruchhäuser wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> is there any C-API function in libgdb.a (or some other library) which
>> returns a call stack (something 'bt' like)?
> 
> 
> No; but you might find backtrace() useful if you're on a
> glibc-supported platform.

But there probably should.  How hard is it to create a `target-self' 
that uses local memory, and a jump-buf for registers?  The tricky bit, I 
see, is the symbol table assuming a single global structure.

Andrew