Two debug entries for one local variables, is it a bug in GCC or GDB

[Nenad Vukicevic]

  I reported something similar back in January:

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2010-01/msg00054.html

As I recall, GCC creates duplicates.

Nenad

On 7/8/10 7:33 PM, asmwarrior wrote:
>  I have post this message to both GCC and GDB, because I'm not sure it 
> is a bug in GDB or GCC.
> Hi, I have just find two dwarf debug entries for one local variables.
>
> For example, the sample code is just like:
>
> -----------------------------------------
>
> wxString ParserThread::ReadAncestorList()
> {
>
>     wxString ccc;
>     wxString templateArgument;
>     wxString aaa;
>     aaa = m_Tokenizer.GetToken(); // eat ":"
>     templateArgument = aaa;
>     while (!TestDestroy())
>     {
>
>         //Peek the next token
>         wxString next = m_Tokenizer.PeekToken();
>
>         if (next.IsEmpty()
>             || next==ParserConsts::opbrace
>             || next==ParserConsts::semicolon ) // here, we are at the 
> end of ancestor list
>         {
>             break;
>         }
>         else if (next==ParserConsts::lt)       // class AAA : BBB<  
> int, float>
>         {
>             wxString arg = SkipAngleBraces();
>             if(!arg.IsEmpty())                 // find a matching<>
>             {
>                 templateArgument<<arg;
>             }
>             else
>             {
>                 TRACE(_T("Not Matching<>  find. Error!!!") );
>             }
>         }
> ...
> -------------------------------------------
>
> But I found that GDG can show the wxString aaa correctly, but wxString 
> templateArgument incorrectly.
>
> I have just check the debug information in the object file.
> and found that there are two entries for local variable 
> "argumentTemplate", but only one entry for "aaa".
>
> --------------------------------------------
> <2><40a9f>: Abbrev Number: 182 (DW_TAG_variable)
> <40aa1>    DW_AT_name        : (indirect string, offset: 0x1095): 
> templateArgument
> <40aa5>    DW_AT_decl_file   : 19
> <40aa6>    DW_AT_decl_line   : 2593
> <40aa8>    DW_AT_type        :<0xd168>
> <40aac>    DW_AT_accessibility: 3    (private)
> <40aad>    DW_AT_location    : 2 byte block: 53 6     (DW_OP_reg3; 
> DW_OP_deref)
> <2><40ab0>: Abbrev Number: 164 (DW_TAG_lexical_block)
> <40ab2>    DW_AT_ranges      : 0x168
> <3><40ab6>: Abbrev Number: 165 (DW_TAG_variable)
> <40ab8>    DW_AT_name        : ccc
> <40abc>    DW_AT_decl_file   : 19
> <40abd>    DW_AT_decl_line   : 2592
> <40abf>    DW_AT_type        :<0xd168>
> <40ac3>    DW_AT_location    : 2 byte block: 91 50     (DW_OP_fbreg: -48)
> <3><40ac6>: Abbrev Number: 179 (DW_TAG_variable)
> <40ac8>    DW_AT_name        : (indirect string, offset: 0x1095): 
> templateArgument
> <40acc>    DW_AT_decl_file   : 19
> <40acd>    DW_AT_decl_line   : 2593
> <40acf>    DW_AT_type        :<0xd168>
> <40ad3>    DW_AT_location    : 2 byte block: 91 4c     (DW_OP_fbreg: -52)
> <3><40ad6>: Abbrev Number: 165 (DW_TAG_variable)
> <40ad8>    DW_AT_name        : aaa
> <40adc>    DW_AT_decl_file   : 19
> <40add>    DW_AT_decl_line   : 2594
> <40adf>    DW_AT_type        :<0xd168>
> <40ae3>    DW_AT_location    : 2 byte block: 91 48     (DW_OP_fbreg: -56)
> <3><40ae6>: Abbrev Number: 170 (DW_TAG_lexical_block)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>
> Also, you can see the screen shot in my Codeblocks forums' post:
>
> http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,12873.msg86906.html#msg86906
>
>
> So, my question is:
>
> Is this a bug in GCC or GDB? ( I have just test the MinGW GCC 4.5 and 
> MinGW 4.4.4, they get the same result)
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Asmwarrior (ollydbg from codeblocks' forum)
>