Meaning of "Incomplete Type"

[kenneth kahn]

I have a multi-object, multi-threaded C++ program built on Solaris 8 
using Forte 10 with debug enabled that is producing a core dump.  I use 
"DDD 3.3.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.8)" on the resulting core file and easily 
find the offending piece of code.  What puzzles me is when I display out 
the local variables I see

 (Name=<incomplete type>, flags=0, mode=2779712, value=8195)

The function is defined as

 int Fct (char * Name, int flags, int mode, int value) { .. }

What exactly does "incomplete type" mean?  Is there any way around this 
so I can see what the pointer passed to the function is actually 
pointing at.  The core dump is occuring at the call

 (char*)malloc(strlen(Name)+1);

I'm guessing it's due to Name being corrupt somehow.

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Kenneth Kahn
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CVA R&D Hardware Emulation
Cadence Design Systems
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