[fpc-devel] issue examining pointer/array/record elements with GDB

[Martin]

On 08/09/2011 17:03, Seth Grover wrote:
> If I compile this program with FPC 2.4.4 with debugging (-g), line
> numbers in backtraces (-gl), and dwarf debug information (-gw), then
> fire up GDB (I'm in Linux, by the way), put a breakpoint at the
> writeln, then run, observe what happens:
>
> (gdb) print MYREC2^
> $3 = {C = 16, RECS = 0x7ffff7fee050}
>
> (gdb) print MYREC2^.RECS
> $4 = (^RECORD1ARRAY) 0x7ffff7fee050
>
> (gdb) print MYREC2^.RECS^[I]
> $5 = {A = 0, B = 15}
>
> (gdb) print MYREC2^.RECS^[I].A
> Type RECORD1ARRAY is not a structure or union type.
>
>
I do not know whaere the erro comes from.

just tried with gdb 7.3.2 on w32 fpc trunk
- same error
- but
    Record1(myrec2^.RECS^[0]).a
does work

So if all you need is a way to get the data....