Re: insight/303: insight always quit itself when I debug

["Andrew Raybould" <ajr at thales dot com>]

The following reply was made to PR insight/303; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Andrew Raybould" <ajr@thales.com>
To: <insight-gnats@sources.redhat.com>
Cc:  
Subject: Re: insight/303: insight always quit itself when I debug
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 12:47:35 -0400

 I get this with Insight 6.6, but have no corresponding problem when I
 use gdb, even the one that has been built in the insight bin directory.
 
 Here's a test program (compiled with the command line g++ -g itest.C -o
 itest):
 
 int main () {
   char *p =3D (char*)0;
   return 0;
 }
 
 To trigger the problem, break on the return statement, and then either:
    a. Select the expression '*p' in the second line.
    b. Float the pointer over the highlighted expression. So long as it
 is over the '*', it shows 'p=3D(char*)0', but as soon as it touches the
 'p', the assertion fires.
 
    Or try to set *p as a watch expression.
 
 In gdb, the equivalent actions, 'p *p' and 'watch *p', simply elicit
 'Cannot access memory at address 0x0'.
 
 The system:
 
 uname -a
 Linux XXX 2.6.9-42.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jul 12 23:32:02 EDT 2006 x86_64
 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
 
 
 
 
 
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