chase@orc.olivetti.com (07/12/89)
(Output follows) GDB 3.0, Copyright (C) 1988 Free Software Foundation, Inc. (gdb) x 0x824c 0x824c <Object__New>: 0x4e560000 (gdb) whatis Object__New type = void () (gdb) whatis & Object__New type = void (*)() (gdb) p ( void (*)() ) 0x824c Invalid syntax in expression. (gdb) p ( void () ) 0x824c Invalid syntax in expression. If GDB can tell me that Object____New is a "void ()" at address 0x824c, then it should be able to tell me that "(void (*)()) 0x824c" is in fact Object____New. Cdecl concurs: cdecl> explain (void (*)())x cast x into pointer to function returning void In general, if I have an array of pointers to functions, I'd like to be able to saying something like p *( (PF *) array) @ length and have the names of the functions printed (even if they aren't all of the same type). That's what I was really trying to do. (Yes, I know it's illegal in C, but we all know that it works on most machines.) David