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Re: Strange case for expect_type
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Paul Hilfinger <Hilfinger at adacore dot com>
- Cc: gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:07:06 -0500
- Subject: Re: Strange case for expect_type
- References: <20071128084549.E25BD48CC02@nile.gnat.com>
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 03:45:49AM -0500, Paul Hilfinger wrote:
>
> Can anyone explain this code fragment from evaluate_subexp_standard?
>
> case UNOP_IND:
> if (expect_type && TYPE_CODE (expect_type) == TYPE_CODE_PTR)
> expect_type = TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (check_typedef (expect_type));
> arg1 = evaluate_subexp (expect_type, exp, pos, noside);
>
> It SEEMS to be saying that if I "expect" type T* from expression *E, then
> I should expect type T from E. Say what? Thanks for any help.
It's also got the logic of typedef checking wrong; you're supposed to
check_typedef before using TYPE_CODE, not after. Doesn't make sense
to me either. You can probably reach this code easiest by the
function call case.
argvec[tem] = evaluate_subexp (TYPE_FIELD_TYPE (type, tem - 1),
exp, pos, noside);
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery