Re: Infcall of a template function in a C++ program

[Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>]

>>>>> ">" == Aktemur, Tankut Baris <tankut.baris.aktemur@intel.com> writes:

>> The compiler is able to do the type inference, template function
>> instantiation, and function invocation based on the expressions `foo (5)`
>> and `foo ('a')`.  When we start GDB and attempt to evaluate these
>> expressions, the corresponding functions are not resolved, though.

>> Opinions on how to address this problem properly are welcome.

Once upon a time, Sami Wagiaalla wrote some patches to do this.
I don't believe they ever went in.  I don't remember why any more.
However, perhaps they could be resurrected.  They were sent to
gdb-patches, years ago now.

The "compile" command might also be promising here, though I don't know
how well the C++ support handles templates.  It's a difficult problem
given the way the "compile" command was designed, because the source
isn't available and DWARF doesn't represent templates, only
instantiations.

Tom