Re: GDB and Macros

mtm992003@xxxxxxxxx wrote: 
I am currently debugging a program on Redhat AS 3.0 that has gdb
version 5.3.90-0.20030710.40rh that has functions as macros.  For
example:

#define PLENGTH ( X ) status.timeout = X

You realize, of course, that the syntax above means that `PLENGTH' will be replaced by `( X ) status.timeout = X'? (You need to lose the space between the macro name and its parameter list.) 

However I can't get gdb to step into that function.  Is there any way
to do this?

Assuming that's a typo above, there's no function to step into. By the time the compiler `sees' code, macro substitution has already occurred.

I would recommend having a look at the output of `gcc -E <sourcefile name>' to see the results of preprocessing.

HTH,
--ag
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