mullen%nrl-css@sri-unix.UUCP (07/19/83)
From: Preston Mullen <mullen@nrl-css> Sdb (4.1bsd) doesn't handle static arrays of structures properly. If you have declared static struct { int a,b; } x[50]; then sdb inquiries for the values of x[1].a, x[2].a, x[3].a, etc., and x[1].b, x[2].b, x[3].b, etc., always return the values stored in x[0].a and x[0].b, respectively. This only happens if x is static; it works fine otherwise. Also, indexing works OK with static arrays whose elements are not structures. I'll report this to 4bsd-bugs, but they don't seem to talk back (except when your report is in the wrong format). So, does anyone out there know whether there is a simple fix? Are there other sdb problems one should know about? (Nothing can drive you crazy faster than debugging with a defective debugger.) I understand the USENET people keep a bug list, but how does one get to it from the ARPANET?