[Bug c++/11758] New: whatis does not dereference namespaced types

["jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

typedef int a;
typedef a b;
b x;
namespace A
  {
    typedef int a;
    typedef a b;
    b x;
  }

(gdb) whatis A::b
Actual:   type = A::b
Expected: type = A::a
(gdb) whatis A::a
Actual:   type = A::a
Expected: type = int


(gdb) ptype x
type = int
(gdb) whatis x
type = b
(gdb) whatis b
type = a
(gdb) whatis a
type = int
(gdb) ptype A::x
type = int
(gdb) whatis A::x
type = A::b
(gdb) whatis A::b
type = A::b
(gdb) whatis A::a
type = A::a

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           Summary: whatis does not dereference namespaced types
           Product: gdb
           Version: unknown
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: c++
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sourceware dot org
        ReportedBy: jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com
                CC: gdb-prs at sourceware dot org,swagiaal at redhat dot com
GCC target triplet: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11758

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