Description Marc-André Laperle 2014-01-20 21:46:20 EST

GDB 7.6.50.20131218-cvs-ubuntu

struct Test {
    int a;
};

int main() {
    Test * t;
    return 0;
}

1. Compile the sample code with -O0 -g3
2. Start debugging
3. Add 't' to the Expressions view or hover on the variable
4. In the value columns, there is this message:

Error: Multiple errors reported.\ Failed to execute MI command: -var-create - * t Error message from debugger back end: value has been optimized out\ Unable to create variable object	

But in the GDB traces, it's the same message twice:

234,810 49-var-create --thread 1 --frame 0 - * t+0
234,812 49^error,msg="value has been optimized out"
234,812 (gdb) 
234,815 50-var-create --thread 1 --frame 0 - * t+0
234,816 50^error,msg="value has been optimized out"
234,816 (gdb) 

It would be more helpful if it just said "value has been optimized out" in the Value column.