On Saturday, 27 November 2021 at 14:17:11 UTC, Eduard Staniloiu
wrote:
Hello,
I'm trying to use `gdb` to debug D binaries, but I'm having
trouble accessing the methods of a struct or class. It seems
that `gdb` doesn't see them.
Given the following simple example
```
// test.d
struct S
{
int x;
void myPrint() { writefln("x is %s\n", x); }
}
void main(string[] args)
{
S s;
}
```
Compile the source file with debug simbols (`dmd -g test.d
-of=test`) and open the binary with gdb (`gdb test`) and run
the following
```
break _Dmain # break at D entry point
run
ptype s
type = struct test.S {
int x;
}
print s.myPrint()
Structure has no component named myPrint.
```
As you can see, when I try to access the `myPrint()` method I
get the error
"Structure has no component named myPrint."
DMD doesn't emit this information. GDB can't work miracles when
the compiler isn't pulling its own weight.
