diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
index 990641cb0c5..74d7e85423a 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-11-21 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	Use "symbol not available" for empty function names when generating a stack frame label.
+	* CDTDebugModelPresentation.java 
+	
 2003-11-13 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	Use 'StringBuffer' instead of 'String' when generating stack frame labels.
 	Added a label for dummy stack frames instead of using the name provided by the rendered object.
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDTDebugModelPresentation.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDTDebugModelPresentation.java
index 6a7e46c2fe3..20f4c97de93 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDTDebugModelPresentation.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDTDebugModelPresentation.java
@@ -526,9 +526,11 @@ public class CDTDebugModelPresentation extends LabelProvider
 			StringBuffer label = new StringBuffer();
 			label.append( info.getLevel() );
 			label.append( ' ' );
-			if ( info.getFunction() != null )
+
+			String function = info.getFunction();
+			if ( function != null )
 			{
-				String function = info.getFunction().trim();
+				function = function.trim();
 				if ( function.length() > 0 )
 				{
 					label.append( function );
@@ -547,7 +549,7 @@ public class CDTDebugModelPresentation extends LabelProvider
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			else
+			if ( isEmpty( function ) )
 				label.append( "<symbol is not available>" );
 			return label.toString();
 		}
@@ -1001,4 +1003,9 @@ public class CDTDebugModelPresentation extends LabelProvider
 	{
 		fImageCache.disposeAll();
 	}
+
+	private boolean isEmpty( String str )
+	{
+		return ( str == null || str.length() == 0 );
+	}
 }