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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 10bb579..f8b0487 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2015-05-16 Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com> + + * guile.texi (Memory Ports in Guile): Document support for unbuffered + memory ports. + 2015-05-16 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (Compiling and Injecting Code): Add compile print. diff --git a/gdb/doc/guile.texi b/gdb/doc/guile.texi index 04572fd..a0147c1 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/guile.texi +++ b/gdb/doc/guile.texi @@ -3525,11 +3525,13 @@ returns a port object. One can then read/write memory using that object. @deffn {Scheme Procedure} open-memory @r{[}#:mode mode{]} @r{[}#:start address{]} @r{[}#:size size{]} Return a port object that can be used for reading and writing memory. The port will be open according to @var{mode}, which is the standard -mode argument to Guile port open routines, except that it is -restricted to one of @samp{"r"}, @samp{"w"}, or @samp{"r+"}. For -compatibility @samp{"b"} (binary) may also be present, but we ignore -it: memory ports are binary only. The default is @samp{"r"}, -read-only. +mode argument to Guile port open routines, except that the @samp{"a"} +and @samp{"l"} modes are not supported. +@xref{File Ports,,, guile, GNU Guile Reference Manual}. +The @samp{"b"} (binary) character may be present, but is ignored: +memory ports are binary only. If @samp{"0"} is appended then +the port is marked as unbuffered. +The default is @samp{"r"}, read-only and buffered. The chunk of memory that can be accessed can be bounded. If both @var{start} and @var{size} are unspecified, all of memory can be |