An earlier question explained that on x86 the size of objects being watched is limited by debug registers. As expected, I can "watch" a double variable. But I can't watch a double datamember, for example,
watch pObject->dPrice
produces
Hardware watchpoint 1: pObject->dPrice
But when you try to continue execution, it says
Could not insert hardware breakpoints: You may have requested too many hardware breakpoints/watchpoints.
even though this is the only breakpoint/watchpoint.
I'm curious why this is so, but more importantly is there a way around it? According to GDB documentation it may use software watchpoints if it can't use hardware. In this case it makes no attempt to use a software watchpoint -- is there a way to force it to do so?