Fix type casts losing typedefs and reimplement "whatis" typedef stripping

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / eval.c

diff --git a/gdb/eval.c b/gdb/eval.c
index 2a39774cfd979e303c6ddaede28e6f1f01a7b328..80dfb2e38d8b2bcd7f345ed18880aa81bcc97199 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/eval.c
+++ b/gdb/eval.c
@@ -2727,18 +2727,7 @@ evaluate_subexp_standard (struct type *expect_type,
       if (noside == EVAL_SKIP)
         goto nosideret;
       else if (noside == EVAL_AVOID_SIDE_EFFECTS)
-       {
-         struct type *type = exp->elts[pc + 1].type;
-
-         /* If this is a typedef, then find its immediate target.  We
-            use check_typedef to resolve stubs, but we ignore its
-            result because we do not want to dig past all
-            typedefs.  */
-         check_typedef (type);
-         if (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF)
-           type = TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type);
-         return allocate_value (type);
-       }
+       return allocate_value (exp->elts[pc + 1].type);
       else
         error (_("Attempt to use a type name as an expression"));