Re: Gdb gets confused

[dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)]

"We have been using the Ada aware version of GDB (version
4.15.1.gnat.1.10) which usually works great, except that sometimes
when it hits a break it gets confused about what function it is in.
It correctly identifies the line number and file of the break, but it
thinks that it is in a different function from the same file.  When it
does this it is a pain.  We can't see the local variables or
arguments, and it can't even step correctly."

Incidentally, when you report this to report@gnat.com, you must send
along an example, and the chances of the problem being looked at
increase inversely with the size of the example you can find that
shows the problem. Be sure to say what version of the system you are
using.

In general, the way we work at ACT is that for our supported customers,
we deal with their big programs and real applications if necessary to
track down problems (though even there of course it always helps if
things can be narrowed down).

For unsupported users of GNAT and related tools, we accept bug reports
at report@gnat.com and eventually process them, but at low priority.
In practice, such reports have a much better chance of being looked
at some time soon if they are narrowed down to small examples. A vague
report with no details (such as the one above), or a giant program with
a note saying simply "this doesn't work, please fix it", is unlikely
to get looked at any time soon!

Robert Dewar
ACT