This change is relevant only for standard DWARF (as opposed to the GNAT
encodings extensions): at the time of writing it only makes a difference
with GCC patches that are to be integrated: see in particular
<https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2015-07/msg01364.html>.
Given the following Ada declarations:
type Small is mod 2 ** 6;
type Array_Type is array (0 .. 9) of Small
with Pack;
type Array_Access is access all Array_Type;
A : aliased Array_Type := (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10);
AA : constant Array_Type := A'Access;
Before this change, we would get the following GDB session:
(gdb) print aa.all(2)
$1 = 3
(gdb) print aa(2)
$2 = 16
This is wrong: both expression should yield the same value: 3. The
problem is simply that the routine which handles accesses to arrays lack
general handling for packed arrays. After this patch, we have the
expected output:
(gdb) print aa.all(2)
$1 = 3
(gdb) print aa(2)
$2 = 3
gdb/ChangeLog:
* ada-lang.c (ada_value_ptr_subscript): Update the heading
comment. Handle packed arrays.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.ada/access_to_packed_array.exp: New testcase.
* gdb.ada/access_to_packed_array/foo.adb: New file.
* gdb.ada/access_to_packed_array/pack.adb: New file.
* gdb.ada/access_to_packed_array/pack.ads: New file.
Tested on x86_64-linux, no regression.
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