murf@CS.UTEXAS.EDU (Steve Murphy) (07/20/89)
(gdb) br set_mtime_defaults Reading in symbols for expand_params.d...done. Breakpoint 1 at 0x8f72: file expand_params.d, line 579. (gdb) c Continuing. Bpt 1, set_mtime_defaults (set_func=(int (*)()) 0x9da12, symid=0) (expand_params.d line 582) 582 char *spp = symbol[symid].mtime_defaults; (gdb) l 577 /* ************************************************************************** */ 578 set_mtime_defaults(set_func,symid) 579 int (*set_func)(); 580 int symid; 581 { 582 char *spp = symbol[symid].mtime_defaults; 583 584 if (!spp) 585 { 586 (*set_func)(symid); (gdb) whatis MTIME_DEFAULTS type = int () (gdb) l 1,1 1 (gdb) sea MTIME_DEFAULTS 35 extern char **MTIME_DEFAULTS; (gdb) p MTIME_DEFAULTS $1 = {int ()} 0x1ae752 Need I say more? Well, let me see: Compiled by gcc1.35, with -traditional -O -g on Sun 3, OS 3.5 Notice that the var, MTIME_DEFAULTS, is globally defined near the top of the file. I looked at other globals too, with the same probs. This is better than 3.1.2, which reported global vars like this as just (char). murf