Re: static variables: "no symbol X in current context"

[Jim Blandy]

address@hidden (Michael Hamilton) writes:
> System: Linux 2.2.16-22 (Redhat 7.?)
> GDB 5.0 (run inside of xemacs)
> 
> I don't know if this is a bug or just my problem, but, I haven't been
> able to figure out how to fix it despite looking at FAQs and docs and
> websearches.
> 
> I have a local variable declared static in a subroutine my code.  In
> gdb, when inside the subroutine, I use
> 
> > p x
> No symbol "x" in current context.
> 
> This only seems to happen when running GDB on Linux.  When I run it on
> a solaris/sun machine, it gives me the value.  Non-static vars seem to
> work fine.
> 
> What am I missing?

I'm able to print function-local static variables fine.  Can you
provide a specific test case we can compile to see the problem on our
own systems?