Gdb gives no stack on a simple std::string uncaught exception

Question

Hi folks, im a little bit newbie on gdb so here goes:

Im working on cpp unit testing operation right now. I try to construct string objects with invalid parameters like null_char but program expectedly gives exceptions :). When i try to debug the app using gdb, i type bt after the crash, but it gives me no stack message. Any ideas to why that might happen? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Add the -g option to your compiler command line to add debugging symbols. That helps a lot with gdb.

Answer 2

Maybe the stack is just not useful because the exception is never caught? Be aware of catchpoints in gdb:

catch throw

breaks when an exception is thrown.

catch catch

breaks when an exception is caught.