* gdbtk-variable.c (variable_create): Add parentheses to the name

        so that casts do not confuse the expression parser.

diff --git a/gdb/gdbtk-variable.c b/gdb/gdbtk-variable.c
index 5a3220d63f392a1d0af2db65beaf0c93a1b4f6bd..c7fc73acbe0b56421a52125e0c7ee98335c4abd2 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/gdbtk-variable.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbtk-variable.c
@@ -499,7 +499,14 @@ variable_create (interp, objc, objv)
     }
 
   /* Create the variable */
-  var = create_variable (name, name, pc);
+  {
+    /* Add parentheses to the name so that casts do
+       not confuse it. */
+    char *newname = (char *) xmalloc (strlen (name) + 2);
+    sprintf (newname, "(%s)", name);
+    var = create_variable (name, newname, pc);
+    FREEIF (newname);
+  }
 
   if (var != NULL)
     {