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From: Li Guilin via Gdb <gdb@sourceware.org>
To: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Question about printing cpp std::map element using "print map1[0]"
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 19:24:41 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tencent_14EE7DDE78E98F2D81E8E4F63B574645A406@qq.com> (raw)

Hello,

I want to print individual std::map element using operator[] instead of 
printing the whole map during debugging in gdb, but it is not working.
In contrast, calling operator[] on std::vector and std::deque variables 
works fine.

```
(gdb) p map1
$1 = std::map with 1 element = {[0] = 2}
(gdb) p map1[0]
Attempt to take address of value not located in memory.
```

Besides, disabling xmethod and pretty printer does not affet the overall 
behavior.
And through "info functions" output, I think gdb knows information about 
std::map::operator[], like this (shortened):

```
(gdb) info functions std::map.*operator\[\]
All functions matching regular expression "std::map.*operator\[\]":

File /usr/include/c++/14/bits/stl_map.h:
504:    std::map<int, int, ...>::mapped_type &std::map<int, int, 
...>::operator[](int const&);
524:    std::map<int, int, ...>::mapped_type &std::map<int, int, 
...>::operator[](int&&);
```

Below is the sample cpp code.

```
#include <deque>
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <vector>

// instantiate all member functions.
template class std::deque<int>;
template class std::map<int, int>;
template class std::vector<int>;

int main() {
     std::deque<int> deque1;
     std::map<int, int> map1;
     std::vector<int> vector1;

     deque1.push_back(1);
     std::cout << "deque1[0] = " << deque1[0] << "\n";

     map1[0] = 2;
     std::cout << "map1[0] = " << map1[0] << "\n";

     vector1.push_back(1);
     std::cout << "vector1[0] = " << vector1[0] << "\n";

}
```

How to make "print map1[0]" work? Where is the problem?
Thanks a lot for reading this.

Kind regards,

liginity


             reply	other threads:[~2025-03-06 11:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-03-06 11:24 Li Guilin via Gdb [this message]
2025-03-06 13:08 ` Guinevere Larsen via Gdb

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