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| author | Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> | 2003-01-30 15:44:43 +0000 |
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| committer | Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> | 2003-01-30 15:44:43 +0000 |
| commit | 6b894e49920572c94685bcf10432723574eb6ba4 (patch) | |
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2003-01-30 Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
* stabs.texinfo (Member Type Descriptor): Clarify description of
`@'. Suggested by Ben Hutchings.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 36f115b..30d09cc 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2003-01-30 Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com> + + * stabs.texinfo (Member Type Descriptor): Clarify description of + `@'. Suggested by Ben Hutchings. + 2003-01-29 Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (Maintenance Commands): Document `maint print diff --git a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo index 52b88b4..c334d45 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo @@ -2724,11 +2724,22 @@ compiler it can also be used in other contexts. @node Member Type Descriptor @section The @samp{@@} Type Descriptor -The @samp{@@} type descriptor is for a member (class and variable) type. -It is followed by type information for the offset basetype, a comma, and -type information for the type of the field being pointed to. (FIXME: -this is acknowledged to be gibberish. Can anyone say what really goes -here?). +The @samp{@@} type descriptor is used together with the @samp{*} type +descriptor for a pointer-to-non-static-member-data type. It is followed +by type information for the class (or union), a comma, and type +information for the member data. + +The following C++ source: + +@smallexample +typedef int A::*int_in_a; +@end smallexample + +generates the following stab: + +@smallexample +.stabs "int_in_a:t20=*21=@@19,1",128,0,0,0 +@end smallexample Note that there is a conflict between this and type attributes (@pxref{String Field}); both use type descriptor @samp{@@}. |