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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:55:00 -0000
From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>
To: Marcel Lanz <marcel.lanz@ds9.ch>
Cc: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec.gnu@mindspring.com>,
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Subject: Re: gdb, c++ & namespaces
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 02:49:20PM +0100, Marcel Lanz wrote:
> I have gdb-6.0 now. same compiler.
> 
> dp is a pointer to a instance like:
> 
> DatagramPacket* dp;
> 
> on the prompt I do:
> 
> (netsilicon-gdb) print *dp
> warning: can't find class named `tnos::net::DatagramPacket', as given by
> C++ RTTI
> $2 = {_vptr.DatagramPacket = 0xeffb0, ia = 0x206548, isa = 0x206690,
> buffer = 0x206558 "", bufferLength = 0xff, length = 0xff}
> 
> tnos::net::DatagramPacket is a class in the namespace tnos::net
> 
> any ideas ?

Namespace support is still being developed.  If you build GDB from CVS
you will probably have better results, but it isn't finished.

> I've read about two debug formats: stabs and dwarf. In the manual of Mr.
> Stallman, stabs is recommended "for best results" with c++.

That is out of date and inaccurate.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer