Re: <incomplete type> for C++ programs

[Jim Blandy]

Wouter De Maere <address@hidden> writes:
> I am using gdb version 4.17 and version 5.0.
> Both of the gdb's show the same problem, when
> debugging C++ software: when you are printing an
> instance of a class, it often says <incomplete type>.
> This usually happens for nested classes.
> I'm compiling the software with
>     gcc 2.95.2
> 
> Any ideas ?

GDB's support for qualified names is very poor.  GDB's internal
representation for the symbol table, types, and so on needs
substantial work before it can properly handle C++ nested classes,
namespaces, and so on.

At the moment, GDB is waiting for someone with the skill and patience
needed to get it right to volunteer to tackle the problem.