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Article #785`gdb' doesn't understand variable length arrays
From: Derek Clegg
Date: Thu, 18 May 1989 18:06
Date: Thu, 18 May 1989 18:06
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/* Versions:
* gdb version 3.1; gcc version 1.35
* File:
* <this file>
* Problem:
* `gdb' doesn't understand variable length arrays (an extension provided
* by `gcc').
* Repeat by:
* % gcc -g <this file> -o bug
* % gdb -q bug
* Reading symbol data from /usr/sumatra/people/derek/gnu/gdb/bug...done.
* (gdb) break foo
* Ranged type doesn't fit within known sizes.
* (gdb) quit
*
* Notes:
* `gdb' was compiled with `config.gdb sun3os4'.
* `gcc' was compiled with `config.gcc sun3-os4'.
* I am using a Sun 3/60 with UNIX 4.2 (Sun release 4.0.1).
*
* Derek B Clegg ({uunet,ucbcad,sun}!island!derek)
*/
void
foo(n)
int n;
{
char m[n + 1];
}
main()
{
foo(3);
}
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!UUNET.UU.NET!island!M4!derek From: island!M4!derek@UUNET.UU.NET (Derek Clegg) Newsgroups: gnu.gdb.bug Subject: `gdb' doesn't understand variable length arrays Message-ID: <8905181806.AA08573@M4.island.uucp> Date: 18 May 89 18:06:27 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 33