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authorAndrew Burgess <aburgess@broadcom.com>2013-07-25 10:16:08 +0000
committerAndrew Burgess <aburgess@broadcom.com>2013-07-25 10:16:08 +0000
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Add new 'z' format for print command.
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-07/msg00235.html gdb/ChangeLog * NEWS: Mention new 'z' formatter. * printcmd.c (print_scalar_formatted): Add new 'z' formatter. (_initialize_printcmd): Mention 'z' formatter in help text of the 'x' command. gdb/doc/ChangeLog * gdb.texinfo (Output Formats): Mention the new 'z' formatter. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog * gdb.base/printcmds.exp (test_print_int_arrays): Add tests for x, z, o, and t output formats. * gdb.base/display.exp: Use 'k' as an undefined format now that 'z' is defined.
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@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ qXfer:libraries-svr4:read's annex
'qXfer:traceframe-info:read'. It has the id of the collected
trace state variables.
+* New 'z' formatter for printing and examining memory, this displays the
+ value as hexadecimal zero padded on the left to the size of the type.
+
*** Changes in GDB 7.6
* Target record has been renamed to record-full.