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Re: Unable to define breakpoint at a method.
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:30:49PM -0800, Janarthanan, Bhagatram wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to define a debug breakpoint at a method of a class
> which is included through a shared library(linux - ".so"). I used g++
> with '-g' to compile. The library has been dynamically loaded into the
> executable.
>
> ============
> (gdb) b Controller::instance_
> the class Controller does not have any method named instance_
> Hint: try 'Controller::instance_<TAB> or 'Controller::instance_<ESC-?>
> (Note leading single quote.)
> (gdb) b Controller::instance_
> instance_add_vars(Snr_instance_t*)
> instance_match_suppliers(Snr_instance_t*, Snr_group_t*)
> (gdb) b Controller::instance_add_vars
> the class Controller does not have any method named instance_add_vars
> Hint: try 'Controller::instance_add_vars<TAB> or
> 'Controller::instance_add_vars<ESC-?>
> (Note leading single quote.)
> (gdb) b Controller::instance_add_vars(Snr_instance_t*)
> Function "Controller::instance_add_vars(Snr_instance_t*)" not defined.
> =====================
>
> As shown above, it does display the symbol when I enter TAB-TAB.
> But it saya there is no such method when I enter the complete method. Is
> there anything I am missing?
There are some bugs in this area.
See the ' mark in the suggestion? Try with that. If you can create a
small testcase, that would help us fix the underlying problem.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer