gdb gives strange output when using math.h functions [duplicate]

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(Ref: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gdb/2009-12/msg00004.html)

gdb is missing the debug information of the cos function, and therefore assume it is an int cos(...) function, so the values are not returned correctly (esp. on x86 as the registers to store floating point return and integer return are different).

This could be worked around by specifying the type:

(gdb) p ((double(*)(double))cos) (1.0)
$18 = 0.54030230586813977

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