| Debugging with GDB: Overloading support for Ada |
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The debugger supports limited overloading. Given a subprogram call in which
the function symbol has multiple definitions, it will use the number of
actual parameters and some information about their types to attempt to narrow
the set of definitions. It also makes very limited use of context, preferring
procedures to functions in the context of the call command, and
functions to procedures elsewhere.
If, after narrowing, the set of matching definitions still contains more than one definition, GDB will display a menu to query which one it should use, for instance:
(gdb) print f(1) Multiple matches for f [0] cancel [1] foo.f (integer) return boolean at foo.adb:23 [2] foo.f (foo.new_integer) return boolean at foo.adb:28 >
In this case, just select one menu entry either to cancel expression evaluation (type 0 and press RET) or to continue evaluation with a specific instance (type the corresponding number and press RET).
Here are a couple of commands to customize GDB’s behavior in this case:
set ada print-signatures
Control whether parameter types and return types are displayed in overloads
selection menus. It is on by default.
See Overloading support for Ada.
show ada print-signatures
Show the current setting for displaying parameter types and return types in overloads selection menu. See Overloading support for Ada.