gdb fails to see symbol

[Ulrich Lauther]

I use g++ 4.1.0 and gdb 6.4.0, compile with -g and no optimization flags.
Often, I get 
        No symbol "foo" in current context.
when foo is definitely in the scope.

Is this a common problem? Any workaround?

Cheers

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        -lauther

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