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<h2>12.7 GDB cannot display or set static uninitialized variables</h2>

<p><em><strong>Q</strong>: Why can't I set or display the values of some static variables in
my program?</em>

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<p><strong>A</strong>:  This seems to be a limitation of the COFF debugging information
emitted by GCC by default: the debuggers cannot display or set the value
of an uninitialized static variables (those who are in the <code>.bss</code>
section of the program).  A work-around is to initialize these
variables, which causes the linker to put them into the <code>.data</code>
section.  Another solution is to use the stabs debugging support; latest
versions of GCC include this support, so upgrade and use
<code>-gstabs+</code> instead of <code>-g</code>.

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