This is the mail archive of the gdb@sourceware.org mailing list for the GDB project.

Index Nav:	[Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav:	[Date Prev] [Date Next]	[Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format:	[Raw text]

Re: Variable values before initialisaton

From: "Rob Quill" <rob dot quill at gmail dot com>
To: "Rob Quill" <rob dot quill at gmail dot com>, gdb at sourceware dot org
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:58:49 +0000
Subject: Re: Variable values before initialisaton
References: <baf6008d0611230912h7b624b2euec694064670b0839@mail.gmail.com> <ek4lln$loj$1@sea.gmane.org> <baf6008d0611230932o355f2ba6h9f6b0e778c82bce@mail.gmail.com> <baf6008d0611230932i7311457as19ee92b76832c2a8@mail.gmail.com> <20061123195521.GA18110@nevyn.them.org>

Out of interest why is there no way to get it right? Do you think I
should email the GCC list about it and ask, or do you think it's
wasted effort?

Thanks,
Rob

On 23/11/06, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> wrote:

On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 05:32:39PM +0000, Rob Quill wrote:
> How could I go about looking into a fix? I wouldn't really know where
> to start, but it is quite annoying for what  am trying to do.

You have to emit proper debug info from the compiler.  It's the only
thing that knows.  However, for things where initialization is
complicated (like classes), there's basically no way to get it right.

--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

References:
- Variable values before initialisaton
  - From: Rob Quill
- Re: Variable values before initialisaton
  - From: Vladimir Prus
- Variable values before initialisaton
  - From: Rob Quill
- Re: Variable values before initialisaton
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz

Index Nav:	[Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav:	[Date Prev] [Date Next]	[Thread Prev] [Thread Next]