rust-debugging
Rust Debugging
Purpose
Guide agents through debugging Rust programs: GDB/LLDB with Rust pretty-printers, backtrace configuration, panic triage, async debugging with tokio-console, and #[no_std] debugging strategies.
Triggers
- "How do I use GDB/LLDB to debug a Rust binary?"
- "How do I get a full backtrace from a Rust panic?"
- "How do I debug async Rust / Tokio?"
- "Rust pretty-printers aren't working in GDB"
- "How do I debug a Rust panic in production?"
- "How do I use dbg! and tracing in Rust?"
Workflow
1. Build for debugging
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