GDB is stepping past main()
Dave Korn
dave.korn@artimi.com
Wed Jul 13 13:50:00 GMT 2005
----Original Message----
>From: Konstantin Karganov
>Sent: 13 July 2005 14:32
>> You might find the "stepi" command better suits your needs, though I'm
>> not at all sure from your messages what, exactly, you think is
>> supposed to happen.
> I suppose that the program execution starts when main() starts and ends
> when main() ends
Wrong. The program does stuff both before and after main().
> The code above main do not exist for me.
Wrong. It's often vital to debug the initiation and termination code.
> Stepping past the end of main should report the program exit.
Wrong. The program has not yet exited, so gdb should not report it.
cheers,
DaveK
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