I have post this message to both GCC and GDB, because I'm not sure it
is a bug in GDB or GCC.
Hi, I have just find two dwarf debug entries for one local variables.
For example, the sample code is just like:
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wxString ParserThread::ReadAncestorList()
{
wxString ccc;
wxString templateArgument;
wxString aaa;
aaa = m_Tokenizer.GetToken(); // eat ":"
templateArgument = aaa;
while (!TestDestroy())
{
//Peek the next token
wxString next = m_Tokenizer.PeekToken();
if (next.IsEmpty()
|| next==ParserConsts::opbrace
|| next==ParserConsts::semicolon ) // here, we are at the end of
ancestor list
{
break;
}
else if (next==ParserConsts::lt) // class AAA : BBB< int, float>
{
wxString arg = SkipAngleBraces();
if(!arg.IsEmpty()) // find a matching<>
{
templateArgument<<arg;
}
else
{
TRACE(_T("Not Matching<> find. Error!!!") );
}
}
...
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But I found that GDG can show the wxString aaa correctly, but wxString
templateArgument incorrectly.
I have just check the debug information in the object file.
and found that there are two entries for local variable "argumentTemplate", but only one
entry for "aaa".
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<2><40a9f>: Abbrev Number: 182 (DW_TAG_variable)
<40aa1> DW_AT_name : (indirect string, offset: 0x1095):
templateArgument
<40aa5> DW_AT_decl_file : 19
<40aa6> DW_AT_decl_line : 2593
<40aa8> DW_AT_type :<0xd168>
<40aac> DW_AT_accessibility: 3 (private)
<40aad> DW_AT_location : 2 byte block: 53 6 (DW_OP_reg3;
DW_OP_deref)
<2><40ab0>: Abbrev Number: 164 (DW_TAG_lexical_block)
<40ab2> DW_AT_ranges : 0x168
<3><40ab6>: Abbrev Number: 165 (DW_TAG_variable)
<40ab8> DW_AT_name : ccc
<40abc> DW_AT_decl_file : 19
<40abd> DW_AT_decl_line : 2592
<40abf> DW_AT_type :<0xd168>
<40ac3> DW_AT_location : 2 byte block: 91 50 (DW_OP_fbreg: -48)
<3><40ac6>: Abbrev Number: 179 (DW_TAG_variable)
<40ac8> DW_AT_name : (indirect string, offset: 0x1095):
templateArgument
<40acc> DW_AT_decl_file : 19
<40acd> DW_AT_decl_line : 2593
<40acf> DW_AT_type :<0xd168>
<40ad3> DW_AT_location : 2 byte block: 91 4c (DW_OP_fbreg: -52)
<3><40ad6>: Abbrev Number: 165 (DW_TAG_variable)
<40ad8> DW_AT_name : aaa
<40adc> DW_AT_decl_file : 19
<40add> DW_AT_decl_line : 2594
<40adf> DW_AT_type :<0xd168>
<40ae3> DW_AT_location : 2 byte block: 91 48 (DW_OP_fbreg: -56)
<3><40ae6>: Abbrev Number: 170 (DW_TAG_lexical_block)
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Also, you can see the screen shot in my Codeblocks forums' post:
http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,12873.msg86906.html#msg86906
So, my question is:
Is this a bug in GCC or GDB? ( I have just test the MinGW GCC 4.5 and MinGW
4.4.4, they get the same result)
Thanks
Asmwarrior (ollydbg from codeblocks' forum)