gdb/7: cout << 1 doesn't work for c++

[dill at theforce dot stanford dot edu]

>Number:         7
>Category:       gdb
>Synopsis:       cout << 1 doesn't work for c++
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Nov 14 10:18:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     David Dill
>Release:        unknown-1.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
Pentium 3
Redhat 6.2
GCC 2.95
>Description:
p cout << 1 doesn't work for C++.

Message:

Argument list of operator<< mismatch with component in the structure.
>How-To-Repeat:
Here is a log:

squash>cat hello.cpp
#include <iostream.h>

void main()
{
  cout << "Hello world" << endl;
}

squash>gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.95.1/specs
gcc version 2.95.1 19990816/Linux (release)

squash>gcc -ggdb hello.cpp -lstdc++ -o hello
gcc -ggdb hello.cpp -lstdc++ -o hello
squash>gdb hello
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This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...
(gdb) break main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x804a6a6: file hello.cpp, line 5.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /squash/squash2/dill/TEMP/hello 

Breakpoint 1, main () at hello.cpp:5
5	  cout << "Hello world" << endl;
(gdb) p cout << 1
Argument list of operator<< mismatch with component in the structure.
(gdb) p cout << "a string"
Argument list of operator<< mismatch with component in the structure.
(gdb) info function <<
All functions matching regular expression "<<":
(gdb) quit
The program is running.  Exit anyway? (y or n) y
1.710u 0.140s 0:56.71 3.2%	0+0k 0+0io 1326pf+0w
squash>
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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