ylai@lemmy.ml to C Programming Language@programming.devEnglish · 5 months agoGCC 14 Boasts Nice ASCII Art For Visualizing Buffer Overflowswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGCC 14 Boasts Nice ASCII Art For Visualizing Buffer Overflowswww.phoronix.comylai@lemmy.ml to C Programming Language@programming.devEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-square0x0@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoIt is, our brains are graphical. So is gdbs TUI. Is this another tool? 'Cos ASCII art in compiler output just seems odd to me.
minus-squareRonSijm@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoNot all features are for everyone. Maybe you’re experienced enough that showing a graph seems like an overkill when you can just read the warnings. But I can imagine for someone that’s more entry level the graphs could make it easier to understand what the problem is
It is, our brains are graphical. So is
gdb
s TUI. Is this another tool? 'Cos ASCII art in compiler output just seems odd to me.Not all features are for everyone. Maybe you’re experienced enough that showing a graph seems like an overkill when you can just read the warnings.
But I can imagine for someone that’s more entry level the graphs could make it easier to understand what the problem is