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For debugging ROS nodes I use the same way as for any other C++ program: gdb/ddd/kdbg.

The spinning shouldn't be a problem, just start of with the message handler in the backtrace. This is under the assumption that you want to debug your ROS code and not the ROS core functionality, which I would consider mostly bug-free.

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