<p>Is it possible to inspect the return value of a function in gdb assuming the return value is <strong>not</strong> assigned to a variable?</p>

Yes, just examine the
```
EAX
```
register by typing
```
print $eax
```
.  For most functions, the return value is stored in that register, even if it's not used.
The exceptions to this are functions returning types larger than 32 bits, specifically 64-bit integers (
```
long long
```
),
```
double
```
s, and
```
structs
```
or
```
classes
```
.
The other exception is if you're not running on an Intel architecture. In that case, you'll have to figure out which register is used, if any.