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From:	"Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar>
Organization:	INTI
To:	myknees AT aol DOT com (Myknees), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Mon, 1 Dec 1997 10:06:06 +0000
MIME-Version:	1.0
Subject:	Re: Watching in Borland & djgpp-RHIDE
In-reply-to:	<19971201032600.WAA15792@ladder01.news.aol.com>

myknees AT aol DOT com (Myknees) wrote:

> Hi.  I seem to have run into another difference between Borland TurboC++ Lite
> and djgpp.  I am using RHIDE1.4 as a UI.  The point of the code below was to
> see how constructors pass values through parameters, stepping through the code
> with F7 and watching the data members d.b1, d.b2, and d.d1.
> 
> When you use TC Lite, the watch window shows that...
> d.b1: 1
> d.b2: 2
> d.d1: 3
> ...the values have been set as expected by the time the highlight gets to the
> getch function in main.  
> 
> The watch window in RHIDE, however, shows that...
> d.b1: not available
> d.b2: not available
> d.d1: 3
> ...yet both statements are printed to the user screen:
> in base constructor
> in deriv constuctor
> ...so both constructors are working.  When stepping through the code with F7
> using TCLite, you see it step through the base constructor, but you don't when
> using RHIDE.

First problem:
Get PGCC or a GCC patched with stabs debug info (I have patchs in my Home 
Page). You are facing a limitation of COFF debug info with inherited members.

Second Problem:
Use -g3 and no optimizations, you'll see the flow as you like to see it.
 
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