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authorJim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com>1993-06-22 21:37:32 +0000
committerJim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com>1993-06-22 21:37:32 +0000
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* stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
politely rather than rudely.
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo6
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 3e305a0..edea2b5 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
+
+ * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
+ politely rather than rudely.
+
Mon Jun 21 12:31:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* snapshots.readme: Tell people to always report missing files.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
index 5e724c8..e7a6eca 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
@@ -1077,9 +1077,9 @@ same thing, the difference is that @samp{P} is a GNU invention and
handle either one. Symbol type @samp{C_RPSYM} is used with @samp{R} and
@samp{N_RSYM} is used with @samp{P}.
-AIX, according to the documentation, uses @samp{D} for a parameter
-passed in a floating point register. This strikes me as incredibly
-bogus---why doesn't it just use @samp{R} with a register number which
+According to the AIX documentation symbol descriptor @samp{D} is for a
+parameter passed in a floating point register. This seems
+unnecessary---why not just use @samp{R} with a register number which
indicates that it's a floating point register? I haven't verified
whether the system actually does what the documentation indicates.