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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