Re: Hangs in GDB auto-complete

[Kristoffer SjÃÃ <krsj at nada dot kth dot se>]

On 2010-11-18 22:31, Tom Tromey wrote:
> > > > > > "Kristoffer" == Kristoffer SjÃÃ<krsj@nada.kth.se>  writes:
> > > > > >              
> Kristoffer>  Well, I can't C-c. I'm stuck in one of these right now, in
> Kristoffer>  fact; it's been locked up for 2-3 minutes now, at 148 % CPU
> Kristoffer>  according to top:
>
> One thing that might help is if you installed the gdb debuginfo, then
> attached a new gdb to the hung gdb to get a stack trace.
>
> Kristoffer>  This lockup happened when I typed
> Kristoffer>  (gdb) p m_evaluator.m_lastWitness
> Kristoffer>  ...which isn't even an auto-complete, but just a symbol
> Kristoffer>  lookup.
>
> This sounds like the namespace lookup performance problem.
> This was fixed in 7.2.
>    

Yeah, 7.2 is like a whole new debugger! (Or, like the older versions 
where I didn't see this problem). Anyway, thanks!

Kristoffer