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authorTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2009-03-31 20:21:08 +0000
committerTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2009-03-31 20:21:08 +0000
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2009-03-31 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com> Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com> Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> PR gdb/6817 * Makefile.in (dbxread.o): Update. * dbxread.c (read_dbx_symtab): Use cp_canonicalize_string. * dwarf2read.c (GDB_FORM_cached_string): New. (read_partial_die): Use dwarf2_canonicalize_name. (dwarf2_linkage_name): Use dwarf2_name. (dwarf2_canonicalize_name): New. (dwarf2_name): Use dwarf2_canonicalize_name. (dwarf_form_name, dump_die): Handle GDB_FORM_cached_string. * stabsread.c (define_symbol, read_type): Use cp_canonicalize_string. * symtab.c (lookup_symbol_in_language): Canonicalize input before searching. * cp-name-parser.y: operator() requires two parameters, according to libiberty. * minsyms.c (lookup_minimal_symbol): Canonicalize input before searching. * NEWS: Update. gdb/testsuite 2009-03-31 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com> Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> PR gdb/931 * gdb.cp/gdb1355.exp (f_li, f_lui, f_si, f_sui): Allow canonical output. * gdb.cp/templates.exp: Allow canonical output. Remove KFAILs for gdb/931. * dw2-strp.S (DW_AT_language): Change to C++. (DW_TAG_variable (name ""), Abbrev code 7, .Lemptyname): New.
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@@ -93,6 +93,19 @@ have also been fixed.
From the user's standpoint, all unqualified instances of True and False
are treated as the standard definitions, regardless of context.
+* GDB now parses C++ symbol and type names more flexibly. For
+example, given:
+
+ template<typename T> class C { };
+ C<char const *> c;
+
+GDB will now correctly handle all of:
+
+ ptype C<char const *>
+ ptype C<char const*>
+ ptype C<const char *>
+ ptype C<const char*>
+
* New features in the GDB remote stub, gdbserver
- The "--wrapper" command-line argument tells gdbserver to use a