Re: GDB 2.8.1 defect

[Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>]

>>>>> "Anonymous" == Anonymous Coward <spam@spam.com> writes:

    Anonymous> tbreak gdb_final_failure.adb:5
    Anonymous> run
    Anonymous> finish # observe that it claims to return ~-1.999
    Anonymous> next
    Anonymous> info locals # notice that it actually returned 5.5

on debian/sarge, powerpc, gnat 3.15p-12 compiler:

# gdb gdb_final_failure
GNU gdb 6.3-debian
Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "powerpc-linux"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".

(gdb) tbreak gdb_final_failure.adb:5
Breakpoint 1 at 0x1800c2c: file gdb_final_failure.adb, line 5.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /home/bam/tmp/gdb_final_failure
gdb_final_failure.simple_float () at gdb_final_failure.adb:5
5                return 5.5;
(gdb) finish
Run till exit from #0  gdb_final_failure.simple_float ()
    at gdb_final_failure.adb:5
0x01800c68 in gdb_final_failure () at gdb_final_failure.adb:12
12            Some_Float := Simple_Float;
Value returned is $1 = 5.5
(gdb) next
13            null;
(gdb) info locals
some_float = 5.5
(gdb) c
Continuing.

Program exited normally.
(gdb) q

It looks OK to me...
-- 
Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>