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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 4c4eabe..38c3b85 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2007-06-09 Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Variable Objects): Editorial + comments. + 2007-06-07 Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> * gdb.texinfo (Emacs): Describe GDB under Emacs 22.1. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 7918465..7c04b2b 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -17262,7 +17262,7 @@ New fields may be added to the output of any MI command. @item The range of values for fields with specified values, e.g., -@code{in_scope} (@pxref{-var-update-fields}) may be extended. +@code{in_scope} (@pxref{-var-update}) may be extended. @c The format of field's content e.g type prefix, may change so parse it @c at your own risk. Yes, in general? @@ -19516,7 +19516,6 @@ subsequent @code{-var-update} list. @subheading The @code{-var-update} Command @findex -var-update -@anchor{-var-update} @subsubheading Synopsis @@ -19530,7 +19529,8 @@ list of variable objects whose values have changed; @var{name} must be a root variable object. Here, ``changed'' means that the result of @code{-var-evaluate-expression} before and after the @code{-var-update} is different. If @samp{*} is used as the variable -object names, all existing variable objects are updated. The option +object names, all existing variable objects are updated, except +for frozen ones (@pxref{-var-set-frozen}). The option @var{print-values} determines whether both names and values, or just names are printed. The possible values of this options are the same as for @code{-var-list-children} (@pxref{-var-list-children}). It is @@ -19551,7 +19551,7 @@ type_changed="false"@}] (gdb) @end smallexample -@anchor{-var-update-fields} +@anchor{-var-update} The field in_scope may take three values: @table @code @@ -19576,18 +19576,19 @@ be prepared for this possibility. @xref{GDB/MI Development and Front Ends, ,@sc @subheading The @code{-var-set-frozen} Command @findex -var-set-frozen +@anchor{-var-set-frozen} @subsubheading Synopsis @smallexample - -var-set-frozen @var{name} @samp{flag} + -var-set-frozen @var{name} @var{flag} @end smallexample -Set the frozeness flag on the variable object @var{name}. The +Set the frozenness flag on the variable object @var{name}. The @var{flag} parameter should be either @samp{1} to make the variable -frozen or @samp{0} to make it unfozen. If a variable object is +frozen or @samp{0} to make it unfrozen. If a variable object is frozen, then neither itself, nor any of its children, are -implicitly updated by @code{-var-update} (@pxref{-var-update}) of +implicitly updated by @code{-var-update} of a parent variable or by @code{-var-update *}. Only @code{-var-update} of the variable itself will update its value and values of its children. After a variable object is unfrozen, it is |