Is it possible to infer the class name of the object that a pointer points to in gdb?

Question

Say if I have this basePointer pointers points to a Base class object.

(gdb) ptype basePointer
type = class Base {
  public:
    Base(void);
    virtual ~Base(void);
    virtual void hello();
} *
(gdb) p basePointer
$1 = (Base *) 0x100104c00

If I know this 0x100104c00, is it possible to infer the class name of the object that basePointer points to in gdb?

you can get this info by telling gdb to load your symbols – thang Feb 16 '15 at 22:52 — thang, Feb 16 '15 at 22:52
by using this `add-shared-symbol-files` command in gdb? – mike Feb 17 '15 at 12:36 — mike, Feb 17 '15 at 12:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 16 '15 at 22:51

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try p (Derived *)basePointer casting works in gdb as it works in C

answered Feb 16 '15 at 22:51

Alexander Oh

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Is it possible to infer the class name of the object that a pointer points to in gdb?

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