"misfeature" in c++ 'operator' naming (w/2 line fix)

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From: Mark W. Eichin
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 1990 01:36

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GDB3.5, dbxread.c, line 4808 has code that compares for "op$" and then
labels the symbol "operator foo" for human use, esp 4810:
	static char opname[32] = "operator ";
	char *o = opname + 9;
The problem is that "operator " is an *input* name, not just an output
name, and since the line parser has no quoting mechanism, you can't
type the name for anything (like setting breakpoints.)
	Simple fix: change "operator " to "operator", and change the 9
to 8. (actually, change the 9 to strlen(opname) ...)
						_Mark_

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From: eichin@athena.mit.edu (Mark W. Eichin)
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Subject: "misfeature" in c++ 'operator' naming (w/2 line fix)
Summary: can't type a space, so can't set a breakpoint
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