It doesn't work, but the error message is a little different. (gdb) whatis std::list<int> No symbol "list<int>" in namespace "std". (gdb) whatis 'std::list<int>' No symbol "std::list<int>" in current context. On 12/22/07, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote: > > Does it work to quote the argument of whatis? Like this: > > (gdb) whatis 'std::list<int>' >