Re: [cdt-dev] module local variable not visible in variables view

[djlynott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 11/10/2007 02:53:52
AM:

> I post this here in the hope I am missing something before raising
as a bug:
> 
> Consider the code (in a single source file)
> 
> int first = 1 ;
> static int second = 2 ;
> 
> int main(void)
> {
>      int third = 3 ;
>      static int forth = 4 ;
> 
> -->[current debug location]
>      ...
> }
> 
> 
> When debugging, 'third' and 'forth' are visible in the variable view
> and 'first' 
> can be visible through 'add global variable'
> 
> However, I can't find a way to make 'second' appear in the view. I
can add a 
> watch and type in the variable name - but this will appear in the
_expression_ 
> window, not the variables window.
> 
> Is this (a very annoying) feature, a bug, or am I missing a trick?
> 

Try specifying the -gstabs flag. I haven't checked
recently, but the MinGW
toolset had problems debugging statics and class member
variables unless
this flag was specified.

> On a related note, it appears that the list of global variable is
> not obtained 
> by querying gdb (symbol-list-variables). How are the global 
> variables obtained? 
> I ask, because in the above example, gdb returns 'second' when queried.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Derek
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