Failed breakpoint for C++ in gdb
Alain Magloire
alain@qnx.com
Thu Jul 28 21:13:00 GMT 2005
>From Daniel:
>On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 09:31:10AM -0400, Alain Magloire wrote:
>> Why is gdb so fussy about the argument order ?
>
> GDB generally matches the compiler-generated debug info. There's a
> long-term plan to be more forgiving about this, but it's hard to
> implement that without slowing down symbol reading...
>
> > (gdb) b foo(const char *)
> > Function "foo(const char *)" not defined
> > (gdb) b foo(char const *)
> > Breakpoint 1 at 0x....... file testing.cpp line 4.
> >
> > So is there something I should do ? Do I have to reorder my arguments to
> put
> > the const last ?
>
> Is this for command line use? Try: b 'foo<TAB>
Niet, for front-end.
Is the "const char *" vs. "char const *" example consistent in GDB i.e. can
I assume this and do some mangling on my own to satisfy the pickiness of
GDB?
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