hi,
it's been driving me nuts: i press "n" (next) or "s" (step), gdb steps back up to some lines above the line it's at. and sometimes, it does this a couple of times before really stepping forward. it's like it's going through a loop. i've heard about a "bs" (backstep) command, but i'm sure i'm pressing "n."
for example, take this snippet:

somestruct->a = b ; // line 1
function(somestruct); // line 2

say, i'm at line 1 -> press "n" -> i'm at line 2 -> press "n" -> i'm back at line 1...
well, it's being behaving this way a couple of weeks. i guess i didn't mind.
but now, when it goes back up to line 1, it corrupts somestruct->a.

please. what's going on? i'm being driven nuts, insane, mad....
thanks.

i've read about compiling with optimization would cause this behavior. so i modified all the Makefiles, taking out all the "-O2" in the CC commands, but it still doesn't fix the problem.

bump

I feel your pain rgiggs. I have a very large library compiled without any optimizations and often observe backward stepping myself. I've never been able to find any satisfactory answers while googling...and it's been twelve years since you posted this.

and why would you need to bump this old thread again?

In the simple hope of getting a constructive response

For whom? The original poster didn't show since 06-02-11 17:48 according to this page.

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