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From: Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>
To: drow@false.org
Cc: vincent.degroote@encelade.com, gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: Nexted function context
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:28:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200701301228.l0UCSIAx027773@brahms.sibelius.xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070130121300.GA17458@nevyn.them.org> (message from Daniel 	Jacobowitz on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:13:01 -0500)

> Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:13:01 -0500
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
> 
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 08:53:13AM +0000, Vincent De Groote wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm using gdb on c files compiled with gcc.  I use a lot of nested function 
> > calls.
> > When the program makes a core dump in a nested function, I can't see the 
> > local variables (No symbol in local context).
> > 
> > I have the same problem if I single step within a running program.
> 
> Can you provide a small test case for this problem?

I vaguely remember that GCC emitted incorrect debug information for
nested function calls, and that it would be hard to fix.

Mark


  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-30 12:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-30  8:51 Vincent De Groote
2007-01-30 12:13 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-30 12:28   ` Mark Kettenis [this message]
2007-01-30 12:48   ` Vincent De Groote
2007-01-30 13:11     ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-30 13:39       ` Vincent De Groote
2007-01-30 13:42         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-01-30 15:45           ` Vincent De Groote
2007-01-30 16:17             ` Daniel Jacobowitz

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