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| author | Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> | 2011-11-11 15:07:57 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> | 2011-11-11 15:07:57 +0000 |
| commit | 625c0d478525e9cce6a186206c228c09cd69ab9b (patch) | |
| tree | 93d8344c283ed17cbfb24956c910dd40dc56b684 /gdb | |
| parent | 74e2f255485844a9662d354ac13c4c04dad92c5c (diff) | |
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PR c++/9257:
* gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Add an extra note about the need
for a vtable.
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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 5 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 05cf4fa..b962215 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2011-11-10 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> + + PR c++/9257: + * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Add an extra note about the need + for a vtable. + 2011-11-08 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@codesourcery.com> * gdb.texinfo (MIPS): Remove duplicate "auto" reference from diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index d2bdefa..e898b4e 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -8372,7 +8372,10 @@ Display the encoding style currently in use for decoding C@t{++} symbols. @cindex display derived types When displaying a pointer to an object, identify the @emph{actual} (derived) type of the object rather than the @emph{declared} type, using -the virtual function table. +the virtual function table. Note that the virtual function table is +required---this feature can only work for objects that have run-time +type identification; a single virtual method in the object's declared +type is sufficient. @item set print object off Display only the declared type of objects, without reference to the |