namespace and argument dependent name lookup (ADL) in gdb

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 05:15:06PM -0600, Peng Yu wrote:
> > > (gdb) tb test::f
> > > Breakpoint 1 at 0x804867c: file main.cc, line 11.
> >
> > That's not Koenig lookup.  There's no arguments.
> 
> Why there is no argument? a is f's argument.

You typed "tb f".  There's no a in that.  GDB only works from
what you type.

> >  If you were already
> > in the namespace 'test', GDB would search it.
> 
> What if I'm in the function body of "main"?

Then type "tb test::f".  You have to know where things are defined by
looking through the source.  You can also use "info function" to search.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery