problem calling static

[Benoit Hudson]

I'm having gdb-5.0 act oddly in the following code: 
    class A {
        public:
            A() { }
        private:
            static unsigned u2u(unsigned);
    };

    unsigned A::u2u(unsigned u) {
        return u/2;
    }

    int main() {
        A a;
        return 0;
    }

I attached g++ --verbose ; the same happens with 2.95.3

Then I do:
    > gdb foo
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    (gdb) b main
    Breakpoint 1 at 0x1063c: file foo.cpp, line 13.
    (gdb) run
    Starting program: /home/bhudson/livingstone/mba/cpp/foo 

    Breakpoint 1, main () at foo.cpp:13
    13          A a;
    (gdb) p A::u2u(10)
    $1 = 5
    (gdb) b A::A
    Breakpoint 2 at 0x10708: file foo.cpp, line 3.
    (gdb) c
    Continuing.

    Breakpoint 2, A::A (this=0xffbef82f) at foo.cpp:3
    3               A() { }
    (gdb) p A::u2u(10)
    $2 = 5
    (gdb) p u2u(10)
    $3 = 2145352727
    (gdb) p this
    $4 = (A *) 0xffbef82f
    (gdb) p (unsigned)this
    $5 = 4290705455
    (gdb) p $5/2
    $6 = 2145352727


So it seems gdb isn't quite always picking up that u2u is static.

Worse, if I quit gdb and start again, and do everything above except trying
the fully-qualified name, gdb crashes (SEGV).  That doesn't happen if I
just type 'run' again.

So the workaround is easy enough: when calling a static function, provide
the fully-qualified name.  It's just a pain in the ass.

        -- Benoît

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