"Rob Quill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My problem is thus: When using GDB do debug the follow bit of code: > > int i = 0; > int j = 2; > int k = 3; > > If I set a breakpoint at the 3rd line, before int k = 3; has been > executed, and check if k is in scope, I find that it is, when, of > course, it shouldn't be. I emailed the GDB mailing list about this and > was informed that the problem arose because GCC does not emmit and GDB > cannot handle the DW_AT_start_scope attribute (DWARF 3 standard, page > 61, item 11). Normally this is not a problem, but in my particular > case, the checking of variable values is automated, with decisions > being made on the value of those variables, so a variable being in > scope and having an incorrect value will result in a incorrect > decision being made.
... > So, assuming no-one has any objections, my question is, how do I go > about trying to do it in GCC? What should I look at and where should I > look? Look in gcc/dwarf2out.c at the handling of VAR_DECL. Good luck. Ian
