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authorK. Richard Pixley <rich@cygnus>1992-12-08 04:59:31 +0000
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-_dnl__ -*- Texinfo -*-
-_dnl__ Copyright (c) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-_dnl__ This file is part of the source for the GDB manual.
-@c M4 FRAGMENT: $Id$
-@node Sample Session, Invocation, New Features, Top
-@chapter A Sample _GDBN__ Session
-
-You can use this manual at your leisure to read all about _GDBN__.
-However, a handful of commands are enough to get started using the
-debugger. This chapter illustrates these commands.
-
-@iftex
-In this sample session, we emphasize user input like this: @i{input},
-to make it easier to pick out from the surrounding output.
-@end iftex
-
-@c FIXME: this example may not be appropriate for some configs, where
-@c FIXME...primary interest is in remote use.
-_0__
-One of the preliminary versions of GNU @code{m4} (a generic macro
-processor) exhibits the following bug: sometimes, when we change its
-quote strings from the default, the commands used to capture one macro's
-definition in another stop working. In the following short @code{m4}
-session, we define a macro @code{foo} which expands to @code{0000}; we
-then use the @code{m4} builtin @code{defn} to define @code{bar} as the
-same thing. However, when we change the open quote string to
-@code{<QUOTE>} and the close quote string to @code{<UNQUOTE>}, the same
-procedure fails to define a new synonym @code{baz}:
-
-@smallexample
-$ @i{cd gnu/m4}
-$ @i{./m4}
-@i{define(foo,0000)}
-
-@i{foo}
-0000
-@i{define(bar,defn(`foo'))}
-
-@i{bar}
-0000
-@i{changequote(<QUOTE>,<UNQUOTE>)}
-
-@i{define(baz,defn(<QUOTE>foo<UNQUOTE>))}
-@i{baz}
-@i{C-D}
-m4: End of input: 0: fatal error: EOF in string
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-Let's use _GDBN__ to try to see what's going on.
-
-@smallexample
-$ @i{_GDBP__ m4}
-Reading symbol data from m4...done.
-(_GDBP__)
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-_GDBN__ only reads enough symbol data to know where to find the rest
-when needed; as a result, the first prompt comes up very quickly. We
-then tell _GDBN__ to use a narrower display width than usual, so
-that examples will fit in this manual.
-
-@smallexample
-(_GDBP__) @i{set width 70}
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-Let's see how the @code{m4} builtin @code{changequote} works.
-Having looked at the source, we know the relevant subroutine is
-@code{m4_changequote}, so we set a breakpoint there with _GDBN__'s
-@code{break} command.
-
-@smallexample
-(_GDBP__) @i{break m4_changequote}
-Breakpoint 1 at 0x62f4: file builtin.c, line 879.
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-Using the @code{run} command, we start @code{m4} running under _GDBN__
-control; as long as control does not reach the @code{m4_changequote}
-subroutine, the program runs as usual:
-
-@smallexample
-(_GDBP__) @i{run}
-Starting program: /work/Editorial/gdb/gnu/m4/m4
-@i{define(foo,0000)}
-
-@i{foo}
-0000
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-To trigger the breakpoint, we call @code{changequote}. _GDBN__
-suspends execution of @code{m4}, displaying information about the
-context where it stops.
-
-@smallexample
-@i{changequote(<QUOTE>,<UNQUOTE>)}
-
-Breakpoint 1, m4_changequote (argc=3, argv=0x33c70) at builtin.c:879
-879 if (bad_argc(TOKEN_DATA_TEXT(argv[0]), argc, 1, 3))
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-Now we use the command @code{n} (@code{next}) to advance execution to
-the next line of the current function.
-
-@smallexample
-(_GDBP__) @i{n}
-882 set_quotes((argc >= 2) ? TOKEN_DATA_TEXT(argv[1]) : nil,
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-@code{set_quotes} looks like a promising subroutine. We can go into it
-by using the command @code{s} (@code{step}) instead of @code{next}.
-@code{step} goes to the next line to be executed in @emph{any}
-subroutine, so it steps into @code{set_quotes}.
-
-@smallexample
-(_GDBP__) @i{s}
-set_quotes (lq=0x34c78 "<QUOTE>", rq=0x34c88 "<UNQUOTE>")
- at input.c:530
-530 if (lquote != def_lquote)
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-The summary display showing the subroutine where @code{m4} is now
-suspended (and its arguments) is called a stack frame display. We can
-use the @code{backtrace} command (which can also be spelled @code{bt}),
-to see where we are in the stack: it displays a stack frame for each
-active subroutine.
-
-@smallexample
-(_GDBP__) @i{bt}
-#0 set_quotes (lq=0x34c78 "<QUOTE>", rq=0x34c88 "<UNQUOTE>")
- at input.c:530
-#1 0x6344 in m4_changequote (argc=3, argv=0x33c70) at builtin.c:882
-#2 0x8174 in expand_macro (sym=0x33320) at macro.c:242
-#3 0x7a88 in expand_token (obs=0x0, t=209696, td=0xf7fffa30)
- at macro.c:71
-#4 0x79dc in expand_input () at macro.c:40
-#5 0x2930 in main (argc=0, argv=0xf7fffb20) at m4.c:195
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-Let's step through a few more lines to see what happens. The first two
-times, we can use @samp{s}; the next two times we use @code{n} to avoid
-falling into the @code{xstrdup} subroutine.
-@smallexample
-(_GDBP__) @i{s}
-0x3b5c 532 if (rquote != def_rquote)
-(_GDBP__) @i{s}
-0x3b80 535 lquote = (lq == nil || *lq == '\0') ? def_lquote :\
- xstrdup(lq);
-(_GDBP__) @i{n}
-536 rquote = (rq == nil || *rq == '\0') ? def_rquote : xstrdup\
-(rq);
-(_GDBP__) @i{n}
-538 len_lquote = strlen(rquote);
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-The last line displayed looks a little odd; let's examine the variables
-@code{lquote} and @code{rquote} to see if they are in fact the new left
-and right quotes we specified. We can use the command @code{p}
-(@code{print}) to see their values.
-
-@smallexample
-(_GDBP__) @i{p lquote}
-$1 = 0x35d40 "<QUOTE>"
-(_GDBP__) @i{p rquote}
-$2 = 0x35d50 "<UNQUOTE>"
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-@code{lquote} and @code{rquote} are indeed the new left and right quotes.
-Let's look at some context; we can display ten lines of source
-surrounding the current line, with the @code{l} (@code{list}) command.
-
-@smallexample
-(_GDBP__) @i{l}
-533 xfree(rquote);
-534
-535 lquote = (lq == nil || *lq == '\0') ? def_lquote : xstrdup\
-(lq);
-536 rquote = (rq == nil || *rq == '\0') ? def_rquote : xstrdup\
-(rq);
-537
-538 len_lquote = strlen(rquote);
-539 len_rquote = strlen(lquote);
-540 @}
-541
-542 void
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-Let's step past the two lines that set @code{len_lquote} and
-@code{len_rquote}, and then examine the values of those variables.
-
-@smallexample
-(_GDBP__) @i{n}
-539 len_rquote = strlen(lquote);
-(_GDBP__) @i{n}
-540 @}
-(_GDBP__) @i{p len_lquote}
-$3 = 9
-(_GDBP__) @i{p len_rquote}
-$4 = 7
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-That certainly looks wrong, assuming @code{len_lquote} and
-@code{len_rquote} are meant to be the lengths of @code{lquote} and
-@code{rquote} respectively. Let's try setting them to better values.
-We can use the @code{p} command for this, since it'll print the value of
-any expression---and that expression can include subroutine calls and
-assignments.
-
-@smallexample
-(_GDBP__) p len_lquote=strlen(lquote)
-$5 = 7
-(_GDBP__) p len_rquote=strlen(rquote)
-$6 = 9
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-Let's see if that fixes the problem of using the new quotes with the
-@code{m4} built-in @code{defn}. We can allow @code{m4} to continue
-executing with the @code{c} (@code{continue}) command, and then try the
-example that caused trouble initially:
-
-@smallexample
-(_GDBP__) @i{c}
-Continuing.
-
-@i{define(baz,defn(<QUOTE>foo<UNQUOTE>))}
-
-baz
-0000
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-Success! The new quotes now work just as well as the default ones. The
-problem seems to have been just the two typos defining the wrong
-lengths. We'll let @code{m4} exit by giving it an EOF as input.
-
-@smallexample
-@i{C-D}
-Program exited normally.
-@end smallexample
-
-@noindent
-The message @samp{Program exited normally.} is from _GDBN__; it
-indicates @code{m4} has finished executing. We can end our _GDBN__
-session with the _GDBN__ @code{quit} command.
-
-@smallexample
-(_GDBP__) @i{quit}
-
-$
-_1__@end smallexample
-