Hello,
Looks like 'gdb' is missing debug information about the function 'cos' , and
the debugger implicitly assumes all the functions return an 'int' , if the
function is not compiled in debug mode.
I derive my explanation from the following test case.
1. Create a function 'double test_cos(double)' and compile it in optimized
mode with -O3 using gcc
"$gcc -c -O3 test1.c"
2. Complie the file containing the 'main' function in debug mode
"$gcc -g test.c test1.o -lm"
============[gdb a.out]====================
(gdb) list 0
1 #include <math.h>
2 #include "test1.h"
3 double (*fcn)(double);
4 main()
5 {
6 double t;
7 fcn = cos;
8 t=cos(.2);
9 t=cos(-.2);
10 test_cos(.2);
(gdb) call fcn(0.2)
$4 = 0.98006657784124163
(gdb) call cos(0.2)
$5 = -1073792992
(gdb) call test_cos(0.2)
$6 = -1073792992
=====================================
============[test1.h]=================
#ifndef _test_1_h
#define _test_1_h
double test_cos(double);
#endif
====================================
============[test1.c]==================
#include<math.h>
#include "test1.h"
double test_cos(double a){
return cos(a);
}
====================================
============[test.c]==================
#include <math.h>
#include "test1.h"
double (*fcn)(double);
main()
{
double t;
fcn = cos;
t=cos(.2);
t=cos(-.2);
test_cos(.2);
}
===================================
May be the developers of gdb can you more details.
also
=======================================
(gdb) call cos
$6 = {<text variable, no debug info>} 0xc325d0 <cos>
=======================================
Thank you,
Vamsi Kundeti
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 8:17 PM, pilgrim2 <p...@mail.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering how come the call to "call cos(.2)" returns the wrong
> answer in:
>
> #include <math.h>
> double (*fcn)(double);
> main()
> {
> double t;
> fcn = cos;
> t=cos(.2);
> t=cos(-.2);
> }
>
> (gdb) call cos(.2)
> $16 = 104
> (gdb) call fcn(.2)
> $17 = 0.98006657784124163
>
> Thanks,
>
> Linh
> --
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>
>
>
>
--
Sincerely,
Vamsi
