[BUG] Tab Expansion for C++

[Andreas Schwab]

Thomas Richter <thor@mail.math.tu-berlin.de> writes:

> Consider finding the constructor of A (clearly, a contrived example)
>
> (gdb) break A::
>
> now type TAB to get the members of A:
>
> A                       __do_global_dtors_aux   char
> A::A(int)               __dso_handle            completed.5556
> A::getA() const         __fini_array_end        data_start
> A::~A()                 __fini_array_start      frame_dummy
> _DYNAMIC                __i686.get_pc_thunk.bx  int
> _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_   __init_array_end        long int
> _IO_stdin_used          __init_array_start      long long int
> __CTOR_END__            __libc_csu_fini         long long unsigned int
> __CTOR_LIST__           __libc_csu_init         long unsigned int
> __DTOR_END__            __libc_start_main@plt   main
> __DTOR_LIST__           _edata                  p.5554
> __FRAME_END__           _end                    short int
> __JCR_END__             _fini                   short unsigned int
> __JCR_LIST__            _fp_hw                  signed char
> __bss_start             _init                   unsigned char
> __data_start            _start                  unsigned int
> __do_global_ctors_aux   call_gmon_start         ~A
> (gdb) 

See (gdb)Completion, you need to put a single quote before the word to be
completed, so that gdb know where it starts.

Andreas.

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