gdb by example

Why gdb by example, doesn't gdb just know how to display things in the way we want? The answer is no, we have to tell it.

C

• C primitive types
  • Characters and strings
    • char
    • wchar_t
  • Unsigned integers
    • unsigned char
    • unsigned short
    • unsigned int
    • unsigned long long
  • Signed integers
    • char
    • short
    • int
    • long long
  • Floating point numbers
    • float
    • double

C++

• C++ standard library
  • string

Qt

• Qt basic types
  • QString

Tools used

• gcc 7.4.0
• gdb 8.1.0