RE: Bad struct name in gdb with g++ 4.1.2

[Michel METZGER <michel dot metzger at st dot com>]

readelf -wi gives me the following 

[...]
<1><66>: Abbrev Number: 2 (DW_TAG_structure_type)
     DW_AT_sibling     : <8e>
     DW_AT_name        : ._0
     DW_AT_byte_size   : 8
     DW_AT_decl_file   : 3
     DW_AT_decl_line   : 1
[...]

This is a compiler bug then.

Thanks,

Michel

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Tromey [mailto:tromey@redhat.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 3:41 PM
To: Michel METZGER
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: Bad struct name in gdb with g++ 4.1.2

>>>>> "Michel" == Michel METZGER <michel.metzger@st.com> writes:

Michel> I'm having some issues with debugging an application compiled
Michel> with g++ 4.1.2 The type names for structures appear in gdb as
Michel> ".0", ".1", etc.

[...]

Michel> A more recent version of gdb (7.1) gives the same results.
Michel> A more recent version of gcc (4.5.1) gives the expected results.

Michel> Any idea?

I would suggest looking at the debuginfo.
You can do this with "readelf -wi".
If that shows the strange names, then it is a compiler bug.

Tom