c++/1748: perhaps incorrect type_info class data

[vsocaciu at mbird dot com]

>Number:         1748
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       perhaps incorrect type_info class data
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jan 23 13:36:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Vlad Socaciu
>Release:        GNU CPP version 2.95.2 19991024 (release) (sparc)
>Organization:
>Environment:
SUN Solaris 7
>Description:
typeid( type ).name() or typeid( type ).name() return incorrect strings.

Here is the compilation command:

 ~/C_CPP%g++ typeid_test.cc -o ty -Wall -v
Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/specs
gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/cpp -lang-c++ -v -D__GNUC__=2 -D__GNUG__=2 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=95 -D__cplusplus -Dsparc -Dsun -Dunix -D__svr4__ -D__SVR4 -D__sparc__ -D__sun__ -D__unix__ -D__svr4__ -D__SVR4 -D__sparc -D__sun -D__unix -Asystem(unix) -Asystem(svr4) -D__EXCEPTIONS -Wall -D__GCC_NEW_VARARGS__ -Acpu(sparc) -Amachine(sparc) typeid_test.cc /var/tmp/ccIQT1fY.ii
GNU CPP version 2.95.2 19991024 (release) (sparc)
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/../../../../include/g++-3
 /usr/local/include
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/../../../../sparc-sun-solaris2.7/include
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/include
 /usr/include
End of search list.
The following default directories have been omitted from the search path:
End of omitted list.
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/cc1plus /var/tmp/ccIQT1fY.ii -quiet -dumpbase typeid_test.cc -Wall -version -o /var/tmp/cc0SYO1P.s
GNU C++ version 2.95.2 19991024 (release) (sparc-sun-solaris2.7) compiled by GNU C version 2.95.2 19991024 (release).
 /usr/local/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/bin/as -V -Qy -s -o /var/tmp/cctpP5lQ.o /var/tmp/cc0SYO1P.s
GNU assembler version 2.10 (sparc-sun-solaris2.7) using BFD version 2.10
 /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/collect2 -V -Y P,/usr/ccs/lib:/usr/lib -Qy -o ty /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/crt1.o /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/crti.o /usr/ccs/lib/values-Xa.o /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/crtbegin.o -L/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2 -L/usr/local/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/lib -L/usr/ccs/bin -L/usr/ccs/lib -L/usr/local/lib /var/tmp/cctpP5lQ.o -lstdc++ -lm -lgcc -lc -lgcc /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/crtend.o /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/crtn.o
GNU ld version 2.10 (with BFD 2.10)
  Supported emulations:
   elf32_sparc
   elf64_sparc

When I run I get:

~/C_CPP%ty
P5ALPHA
i
Pc

It seems to be better with user defined types than basic types!
>How-To-Repeat:
Compile and run the program
>Fix:

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