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Re: namespace and argument dependent name lookup (ADL) in gdb
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Peng Yu <pengyu dot ut at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:01:29 -0500
- Subject: Re: namespace and argument dependent name lookup (ADL) in gdb
- References: <366c6f340712121938j2fc71e6dmf69a9395ca6d8f6f@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 09:38:53PM -0600, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't have to write test::f in the following program because of
> argument dependent name lookup.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_dependent_name_lookup
>
> But to debug such program, I have to write the namespace test. For example,
> (gdb) tb f
> Function "f" not defined.
> (gdb) tb test::f
> Breakpoint 1 at 0x804867c: file main.cc, line 11.
That's not Koenig lookup. There's no arguments. If you were already
in the namespace 'test', GDB would search it.
> I'm wondering if gdb supports ADL. In a big program, it might not be
> easy for me to find out which namespace is the function "f" in. If gdb
> support ADL, it would save user a lot of time.
GDB supports some kinds of context-sensitive lookup, but not this one.
It is too complex to reconstruct the necessary information in the
debugger to do accurate name lookup.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery