Re: gdb can't locate breakpoint of inline function

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From: Dennis Melentyev
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 06:43

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Hello, Fred!
You wrote  on Wed, 16 Apr 2003 01:33:56 -0400:

 FM> Hello,

 FM> I'm using g++ 3.2.1 on solaris 8.  I used both -g and "-gstabs+
 FM> -DDBUG" options to get extra gnu debugging information.  The problem
 FM> I'm seeing is that I can't view the source code and step through it
 FM> if I set a breakpoint on an inline function (gdb 5.3).  If I try to
 FM> display the frame, it just shows the starting point of main.
 FM> However, if I make the same function non-inline and move it from its
 FM> hpp file to a cpp file, I can breakpoint at that function and view
 FM> the source code.
I'm almost sure you have -O flag in command line. Remove it, or gdb will not
be able to stop at most methods in *.h files.
If this is not your case - I'm sorry.

 FM> Normally, I'd just assume that inline functions can't be viewed at
 FM> the source level.  But it turns out that inline member functions of
 FM> a class *can*
 FM> have a breakpoint set on it, and I can view the source code.  Maybe
 FM> it's because member functions are special.  Is this normal gdb
 FM> behaviour?

 FM> Fred

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From: "Dennis Melentyev" <dennis@ksf.kiev.ua>
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Subject: Re: gdb can't locate breakpoint of inline function
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