Thread: Does "conditional watchpoint" exist in gdb?

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    Does "conditional watchpoint" exist in gdb?

    Hi,
    Is there anyway to set "conditional watchpoint", like "watch var1 if var1==0"? In my case, the condition does't work. gdb stops whenever var1's value is changed, instead of untill "var1==0" is true. My gdb is GNU gdb 6.8-debian.

    Thanks and regards!

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    IIRC, and I can't test it right now, watch conditions will still inspect and break at variable change. The only difference is that the watch result will include 'True' or 'False' information letting you know of the state of your condition.

    What you do want to do is instead create a conditional breakpoint.
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