[Bug exp/10940] New: Cannot cast to function pointer pointer, (void(**)(void))

[Bug exp/10940] New: Cannot cast to function pointer pointer, (void(**)(void))

[jed at 59a2 dot org]

To inspect an array of function pointers, I would expect to be able to do

(gdb) p *(void(**)(void))$ops@8

but this gives

A syntax error in expression, near `*)(void))$ops@4'

This can be worked around using the more obtuse cast

p (void(*)(void))*(void**)$ops@8

The need for such shenanigans is more with C++ since x/8a $ops does not pretty-
print the addresses, but the cast should work.

Arch Linux x86_64, kernel 2.6.31, gcc-4.4.2, gdb 7.0

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           Summary: Cannot cast to function pointer pointer,
                    (void(**)(void))
           Product: gdb
           Version: 7.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: exp
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sourceware dot org
        ReportedBy: jed at 59a2 dot org
                CC: gdb-prs at sourceware dot org


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[Bug exp/10940] Cannot cast to function pointer pointer, (void(**)(void))

[schwab at linux-m68k dot org]

------- Additional Comments From schwab at linux-m68k dot org  2009-11-11 10:28 -------
An easier workaround is {void (*)(void)}$ops@8 (or just {void (*)()}$ops@8
since the argument list is ignored anyway).

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[Bug exp/10940] Cannot cast to function pointer pointer, (void(**)(void))

[jed at 59a2 dot org]

------- Additional Comments From jed at 59a2 dot org  2009-11-11 11:06 -------
Excellent, I was not aware of {type}.  It makes this issue almost irrelevant.

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[Bug exp/10940] Cannot cast to function pointer pointer, (void(**)(void))

[tromey at redhat dot com]

------- Additional Comments From tromey at redhat dot com  2010-01-24 02:17 -------


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 9514 ***

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |DUPLICATE


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