[Converted from Gnats 1496] Given the source: class baseClass { public: class Component { public: Component() {} virtual ~Component(){} }; }; class subClass : public baseClass { public: class Component : public baseClass::Component { public: Component() {} void dummy() {} }; }; int main( int argc, char * argv[] ) { subClass::Component * comp = new subClass::Component(); comp->dummy(); return(0); } gdb seg faults when trying to display subClass::Component. Bsh> gdb a.out GNU gdb 6.0 Copyright 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"... (gdb) b 31 Breakpoint 1 at 0x804851e: file main.cc, line 31. (gdb) run Starting program: /home/dgruhn/test/a.out Breakpoint 1, main (argc=1, argv=0xbfffd594) at main.cc:31 warning: Source file is more recent than executable. 31 comp->dummy(); (gdb) print *comp Segmentation fault If virtual destructor of baseClass::Component is removed, no problem: Release: 6.0 Environment: Redhat 9.0 Linux 2.4.20-27.9smp #1 SMP Thu Dec 11 13:15:04 EST 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux g++ version 3.3.2 How-To-Repeat: See description
I think this was recently fixed in cvs. The test case works fine for me.