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authorPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2016-01-13 10:56:05 +0000
committerPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2016-01-13 10:56:05 +0000
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Add a new $_inferior convenience variable
Like $_thread, but holds the current inferior number. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-01-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * NEWS: Mention $_inferior. * inferior.c (inferior_id_make_value): New. (inferior_funcs): New. (_initialize_inferior): Create $_inferior variable. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2016-01-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * gdb.base/default.exp: Expect $_inferior as well. * gdb.multi/base.exp: Test $_inferior. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: 2016-01-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (Inferiors and Programs): Document the $_inferior convenience variable. (Convenience Vars): Likewise.
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*** Changes since GDB 7.10
+* The new convenience variable $_inferior holds the number of the
+ current inferior.
+
* Record btrace now supports non-stop mode.
* Support for tracepoints on aarch64-linux was added in GDBserver.