Types mangled when using "file -readnow <filename>"

[Paul_Koning@Dell.com]

On Sep 6, 2012, at 12:16 PM, <Paul_Koning@Dell.com>
 <Paul_Koning@Dell.com> wrote:

> I noticed a strange problem when doing some Python scripting in which I open the execfile with the "-readnow" switch:  Some structures (C++ classes, actually) lose their fields when I do that.
> 
> If I open the file without -readnow, and I do a "ptype", I see a base class, a data member, and a static method.
> 
> If I open the file with -readnow, ptype shows only the static method, and omits both the base class and the data member.
> 
> This is GDB 7.3.1, reading binaries produced by GCC 4.5.4 and Binutils 2.20.1.  Is this a known problem?  Fixed in a later release?
> 
> 	paul
> 

After further investigation, this turns out to be due to incorrect debug data emitted by GCC 4.*.  I'll report it there.

	paul