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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Michel METZGER <michel.metzger@st.com>
Cc: "gdb\@sourceware.org" <gdb@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: Bad struct name in gdb with g++ 4.1.2
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In-Reply-To: <5B4CE209869C6A4797F5FAA0B348F0A0D9EA8C20A7@SAFEX1MAIL1.st.com>	(Michel METZGER's message of "Tue, 2 Nov 2010 19:42:31 +0100")
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>>>>> "Michel" == Michel METZGER <michel.metzger@st.com> writes:

Michel> I'm having some issues with debugging an application compiled
Michel> with g++ 4.1.2 The type names for structures appear in gdb as
Michel> ".0", ".1", etc.

[...]

Michel> A more recent version of gdb (7.1) gives the same results.
Michel> A more recent version of gcc (4.5.1) gives the expected results.

Michel> Any idea?

I would suggest looking at the debuginfo.
You can do this with "readelf -wi".
If that shows the strange names, then it is a compiler bug.

Tom