GDB printer testing uninitialized variables

[Thomas Baumgart]

On Donnerstag, 29. Juli 2021 19:34:14 CEST Da Viper via Kde-finance-apps wrote:

> Hello there,  i am trying to test variables that has not been
> initialised for example
> if the break point is on line 10
> 
> ```
> 10 ....
> 11 .....
> 12 QChar achar;
> ```
> 
> and try to print the val of `achar`.
> the value of `achar` are not always consistent if it run, and
> sometimes depend on other variables before it.

Yes, because that is an invalid access. The object is not yet initialized.

> because of this i am not able to test  the values correctly.

You can only do so once past line 12 (when the ctor has been executed).
Anything else is an invalid testcase.

> should i drop the tests for uninitialised variables or is there a way
> for the variables to have a consistent values when debugged ?

Yes (first part) and no (second part).

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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