[Bug debug/55641] New: debug info for the type of a reference declared with a typedef has spurious 'const'

[dblaikie at gmail dot com]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55641



             Bug #: 55641

           Summary: debug info for the type of a reference declared with a

                    typedef has spurious 'const'

    Classification: Unclassified

           Product: gcc

           Version: unknown

            Status: UNCONFIRMED

          Severity: normal

          Priority: P3

         Component: debug

        AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org

        ReportedBy: dblai...@gmail.com





Example code:



  typedef int &foo;

  int x;

  foo f(x);



under gdb run "whatis f" and the answer is "const foo" when it should be plain

"foo" (if you skip the typedef the answer is correctly "int&" not "int& const"

or any similarly strange mismatch)



Found in the GDB 7.5 test suite ( gdb.python/lib-types.exp ) - this is

positively tested for, but so far as I can imagine that's by accident, not

intent.