bug in 5.2.1 (and latest cvs)

[Andrew Walrond <andrew at projecticarus dot com>]

I have discussed this before, gone away and tried to fathom the problem
myself, but the learning curve was too steep for the time I have
available, so I present the bug here, and in the bug database.

gcc (g++) 3.x might be significant if you want to try it...

With newly built gdb 5.2.1 and gcc 3.1.1 (On several intel gnu/linux
test platforms - it's not just me!)...

struct Base
{
	int a; //Take out this line and it works
	virtual void fn()=0;
};

struct Intermediate : virtual Base //remove virtual and it works
{
};

struct Derived : Intermediate
{
	virtual void fn();
};

void Derived::fn()
{
	int a=1;
	int b=2;
	int c = a+b;
} //....here! (see below)

int main(int argc,char* argv[])
{
	Derived d;
	Base* p = &d;
	p->fn(); //'s' here ends up....
	return 0;
}

[thunk]$ g++ -g2 -o thunk thunk.cpp
[thunk]$ gdb thunk
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This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...
(gdb) break main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x8048650: file thunk.cpp, line 26.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /home/daedalus/src/thunk/thunk 

Breakpoint 1, main (argc=1, argv=0xbffffa34) at thunk.cpp:26
26		Derived d;
(gdb) n
27		Base* p = &d;
(gdb) n
28		p->fn(); //'s' here ends up....
(gdb) s
virtual thunk to Derived::fn() () at thunk.cpp:22
22	} //....here! (see below)
(gdb) s
main (argc=1, argv=0xbffffa34) at thunk.cpp:29
29		return 0;
(gdb) n
30	}
(gdb) c
Continuing.

With more complex programmes and multiple files, the step can end up
anywhere. It doesn't always land on the exiting brace.

Anyway I hope that someone who understands gdb better might be able to
sort this out (and if you do, please let me know!)

Andrew Walrond