Re: evaluate more complex expressions using gdb

Daniel Jacobowitz
2007-06-27T10:36:08Z

On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 12:20:09PM +0200, Bram Kuijper wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> again a newbie question: can I also evaluate the result of subtractions,
> additions using the display command? Like some pointer arithmetics:
>
> display pointer1 - start_pointer
>
> If I do this, gdb gives me the following error:
>
> Disabling display 6 to avoid infinite recursion.
> 6: pointer1 - start_pointer = One of the arguments you tried to pass to
> operator- could not be converted to what the function wants.
>
> Is there any way to to this using gdb?

You probably need some casts. The error message means GDB found a
relevant overloaded operator- in your program for one of those types.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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