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gdb/1687: local variables in inner blocks are unknown to gdb
- From: m dot mueller99 at kay-mueller dot de
- To: gdb-gnats at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 23 Jun 2004 15:38:05 -0000
- Subject: gdb/1687: local variables in inner blocks are unknown to gdb
- Reply-to: m dot mueller99 at kay-mueller dot de
>Number: 1687
>Category: gdb
>Synopsis: local variables in inner blocks are unknown to gdb
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: unassigned
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 23 15:48:00 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: m.mueller99@kay-mueller.de
>Release: gdb 6.1.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
Solaris SPARC
Sun C 5.5 2003/03/12
Forte Developer 7 C 5.4 2002/03/09
Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3 2001/05/15
Sun WorkShop 6 2000/04/07 C 5.1
>Description:
For Sun CC compiled programs using stabs gdb seems to have no knowldege
about local variables in inner blocks.
cc -xdebugformat=dwarf is ok.
>How-To-Repeat:
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This GDB was configured as "sparc-sun-solaris2.8"...
(gdb) list 1,100
1 #include <stdio.h>
2
3 int
4 main()
5 {
6 int n = 7;
7
8 if (n == 7)
9 {
10 int k = n + 1;
11 printf("k = %d\n", k);
12 }
13 return 0;
14 }
(gdb) b 11
Breakpoint 1 at 0x106a0: file p8.c, line 11.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /export/home/michaelm/gdb/tst/p8
Breakpoint 1, main () at p8.c:11
11 printf("k = %d\n", k);
(gdb) p k
No symbol "k" in current context.
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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