On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 02:37:06PM +0100, Rob Quill wrote: > 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).
If adding scope attributes every time more than one variable is declared adds to the already immense bulk of C++ debugging information, I'd prefer to live with the bug myself.
