Re: gdb cannot print object casted to a pointer of certain class

["Sp3cial K" <ikiwibebe at hotmail dot com>]

I dont have the code with me right now.  What I remember is that the class 
has a valid constructor, and it works fine if I add "class" in front of the 
name to force it to be read as a class.  Do you think this is the frame or 
symbol table problem?



> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
> To: Sp3cial K <ikiwibebe@hotmail.com>
> CC: gdb@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: gdb cannot print object casted to a pointer of certain class
> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 16:22:18 -0500
>
> On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 07:04:45PM -0500, Sp3cial K wrote:
> > Has anyone encountered a problem where ptype prints out the class info 
> in
> > most frames, but it complaints "Type xxx has no component named xxx." in
> > one frame?  Ironically, the frame where it doesn't print out correctly 
> is
> > in a function of that class!
>
> The more details you snip out of a bug report, the less likely it is
> that we can help you.  But I believe I know what this problem is:
>
> > Also, when I tried to print out an object casted to that class, as 
> follows:
> > p *(xxx *)0x12345678
> > it complains:
> > A parse error in expression, near `)0x12345678'
>
> The name is being interpreted differently in that scope, probably as
> the constructor rather than the class.  A testcase might let us fix
> this.
>
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> Daniel Jacobowitz
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