How does gdb know the pointer points to a int or struct or any other data types?
How does gdb know the pointer points to a int or struct or any
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gdbknows the type of a pointer variable in your code by reading the debugging information (a.k.a. symbol table) that’s embedded in your executable when you compile with the debug option (-g).