The very latest versions of gdb actually can use gcc to compile code and allow you to hotpatch code into the executable. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sourceware.org&#x2F;gdb&#x2F;current&#x2F;onlinedocs&#x2F;gdb&#x2F;Compiling-and-Injecting-Code.html#Compiling-and-Injecting-Code" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sourceware.org&#x2F;gdb&#x2F;current&#x2F;onlinedocs&#x2F;gdb&#x2F;Compiling-...</a> so I&#x27;m guessing maybe in the future this can be used for faster conditional breakpoints