gdb/709: static members confuse GDB.

[adarovsky at users dot sourceforge dot net]

>Number:         709
>Category:       gdb
>Synopsis:       static members confuse GDB.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Sep 18 04:08:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alexander Darovsky Jr
>Release:        last cvs 5.3 branch
>Organization:
>Environment:
linux,
$ gdb --version
GNU gdb 5.2.90_2002-09-18-cvs
$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.2
>Description:
gdb is got confused with standard template library class
>How-To-Repeat:
compile and run this example in gdb. Here is the sample session:
daa@a-darovskikh:~/test/gdb_bugs/string$ gdb string_bug
GNU gdb 5.2.90_2002-09-18-cvs
Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...[Established NGPT Debugging Environment]

(gdb) l
1       #include <iostream>
2       #include <string>
3       using namespace std;
4
5       main()
6       {
7           string s( "string" );
8           cout << s << endl;
9       }
(gdb) b 7
Breakpoint 1 at 0x8048871: file string_bug.cpp, line 7.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /home/daa/test/gdb_bugs/string/string_bug

Breakpoint 1, main () at string_bug.cpp:7
7           string s( "string" );
(gdb) n
8           cout << s << endl;
(gdb) p s
$1 = {
  static npos = Cannot access memory at address 0x83cfe84
(gdb)
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
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