debugging programs that use stl containers

[Craveiro, Marco]

> Thanks for your replies!
> 
> I just have two more questions: in terms of the debbuging info, what
> should I use instead of STABS 
> and how can I get gcc to do it? 
> 
> Also, I got a "straight from the shelves" red hat 7.0.98. I do a normal
> #include <map>. Does this mean 
> I'm still using g++ and not libstdc++? in other words, is the support that
> you are talking about 
> already there or do I need to download and compile gcc w/ libstdc++?
> 
> Thanks again, 
> 
> Marco
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Daniel Berlin [SMTP:dan@www.cgsoftware.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, April 03, 2001 12:20 AM
> To:	Benjamin Kosnik
> Cc:	Craveiro, Marco; 'libstdc++@gcc.gnu.org'
> Subject:	Re: debugging programs that use stl containers
> 
> OYeah, it's slightly flaky. I've got it goin fine on the new abi, except
> on objects  that have multiple shared virtual baseclasses.
> 
> YOu also *should* be able to do p my_vector[0], p my_map["fred"], etc,
> just not with STABS. The typing on stabs is too wrong because we have to
> parse them.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Benjamin Kosnik wrote:
> 
> >
> > not really. You can do
> >
> > (gdb) ptype my_vector
> >
> > to see what gdb thinks of the type, and
> >
> > (gdb) p my_vector
> >
> > to see the internals of the object. This is supposed to work, but in my
> > experience is a bit flaky.
> >
> > -benjamin
> >
>