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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/value.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/value.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/value.c b/gdb/value.c index f4075cf..a462ee4 100644 --- a/gdb/value.c +++ b/gdb/value.c @@ -254,7 +254,14 @@ struct value * allocate_value_lazy (struct type *type) { struct value *val; - struct type *atype = check_typedef (type); + + /* Call check_typedef on our type to make sure that, if TYPE + is a TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF, its length is set to the length + of the target type instead of zero. However, we do not + replace the typedef type by the target type, because we want + to keep the typedef in order to be able to set the VAL's type + description correctly. */ + check_typedef (type); val = (struct value *) xzalloc (sizeof (struct value)); val->contents = NULL; @@ -1873,7 +1880,14 @@ value_primitive_field (struct value *arg1, int offset, CHECK_TYPEDEF (arg_type); type = TYPE_FIELD_TYPE (arg_type, fieldno); - type = check_typedef (type); + + /* Call check_typedef on our type to make sure that, if TYPE + is a TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF, its length is set to the length + of the target type instead of zero. However, we do not + replace the typedef type by the target type, because we want + to keep the typedef in order to be able to print the type + description correctly. */ + check_typedef (type); /* Handle packed fields */ |