From: Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@redhat.com>
To: Iztok Kobal <IKobal@netscape.net>
Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: GDB not showing local-to-block variables ?
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 14:06:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <15900.12642.213680.805002@localhost.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3E1BDC6D.3020604@netscape.net>
Iztok Kobal writes:
> System: i686, SuSE 8.1, kernel 2.4.19, gcc-3.2, gdb-5.2.1
>
> code is configured to use exceptions and compiled using the
> --enable-debug. When invoking the gdb, it does not show the variables
> which are local to the block within some function:
>
> void function (some argument) {
> try {
> some variable; // which is not displayed by the debugger
> .....
> ......
> }
> catch (...) {
> ....
> }
> }
>
> When trying to display this variable as it was the watch variable, the
> debugger reports that there is no such symbol in the current stack frame.
>
> Is this the debugger problem or there is an option to be used at compile
> time to get this info ?
>
I think this is the same problem as the one in
http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gdb&pr=833
and it is due to gdb not understanding dwarf2 debug info that is
stored in .debug_ranges sections.
Elena
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-01-08 14:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-01-08 8:09 Iztok Kobal
2003-01-08 9:05 ` Iztok Kobal
2003-01-08 10:16 ` Iztok Kobal
2003-01-08 14:06 ` Elena Zannoni [this message]
2003-01-09 8:01 ` Iztok Kobal
2003-01-09 8:27 ` Iztok Kobal
2003-01-09 8:55 ` Iztok Kobal
2003-01-09 9:53 ` Joel Brobecker
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