From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27013 invoked by alias); 30 Oct 2006 04:18:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 27004 invoked by uid 22791); 30 Oct 2006 04:18:24 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from heller.inter.net.il (HELO heller.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.73) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:18:22 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-199-163.inter.net.il [80.230.199.163]) by heller.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id AVW19531 (AUTH halo1); Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:18:19 +0200 (IST) Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:18:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Daniel Jacobowitz CC: Mayuresh.Kulkarni@morganstanley.com, gdb@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <20061029222142.GA14050@nevyn.them.org> (message from Daniel Jacobowitz on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:21:42 -0500) Subject: Re: Finding the type of an exception Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20061029211751.GA19301@sdf.lonestar.org> <1F8E762E1B3F814F9630D0D32A1C65F808DA323E@NYWEXMB81.msad.ms.com> <20061029222142.GA14050@nevyn.them.org> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-10/txt/msg00292.txt.bz2 > Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:21:42 -0500 > From: Daniel Jacobowitz > Cc: gdb@sourceware.org > > http://www.codesourcery.com/cxx-abi/abi.html > http://www.codesourcery.com/cxx-abi/abi-eh.html > > The object you've got there is a __cxa_exception, if I'm remembering > how this works right. If so then the first pointer is going to be to a > type_info. Perhaps someone experienced in this kind of stuff could write a few tips for the manual about debugging C++ exceptions.