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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/minsyms.c | 10 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index be1c785..4d20c3a 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2004-09-19 Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com> + + * minsyms.c (lookup_minimal_symbol): Doc fix. + 2004-09-20 Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org> * config/nm-lynx.h (DEPRECATED_CHILD_RESUME): Deprecate diff --git a/gdb/minsyms.c b/gdb/minsyms.c index 3aeda7d..635d0cc 100644 --- a/gdb/minsyms.c +++ b/gdb/minsyms.c @@ -145,7 +145,15 @@ add_minsym_to_demangled_hash_table (struct minimal_symbol *sym, Note: One instance where there may be duplicate minimal symbols with the same name is when the symbol tables for a shared library and the symbol tables for an executable contain global symbols with the same - names (the dynamic linker deals with the duplication). */ + names (the dynamic linker deals with the duplication). + + It's also possible to have minimal symbols with different mangled + names, but identical demangled names. For example, the GNU C++ v3 + ABI requires the generation of two (or perhaps three) copies of + constructor functions --- "in-charge", "not-in-charge", and + "allocate" copies; destructors may be duplicated as well. + Obviously, there must be distinct mangled names for each of these, + but the demangled names are all the same: S::S or S::~S. */ struct minimal_symbol * lookup_minimal_symbol (const char *name, const char *sfile, |