raulmill%aludra.usc.edu@usc.edu (Raul Deluth Rockwell) (11/20/89)
Standard C (P.J. Plauger & Jim Brodie, Microsoft Press 1989, p163):
double strtod(const char *s, char **endptr);
GDB 3.4 (FSF 1989):
(gdb) whatis strtod
type = int ()
(gdb) print strtod("0", 0)
$2 = 81368
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There may be a problem with gcc as well, as I was running into a
problem with code using strtod until I added a line that said
extern double strtod();
As I am still debugging, and as I can't rely on gdb here to give me a
picture of what is going on, I don't really know if there is a gcc
bug. [Incidentally, the extern declaration is present for the gdb
invocation which thought that strtod is an int type.]
Raul Rockwell
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U.S.SNAIL: 721 E Windsor #4, GLENDALE CA 91205 !kingdon@AI.MIT.EDU (Jim Kingdon) (11/21/89)
(gdb) whatis strtod
type = int ()
This is a common problem, but is not GDB's fault. The problem is that
your system library was not compiled with -g, so GDB does not know the
type of strtod.
Recompile your system library -g if you have source, or use casts, e.g.
(gdb) print ((double (*)())&atof)("1.55")