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author | Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> | 2018-10-28 15:11:37 +0100 |
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committer | Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> | 2018-11-20 22:44:02 +0100 |
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Document language choice in 'info [functions|variables|types]|rbreak' commands
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2018-11-20 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* gdb.texinfo (Examining the Symbol Table): Document language choice
for 'info types|functions|variables' commands.
(Setting Breakpoints): Document language choice to print
the functions in which a breakpoint is set.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index da732d4..28e1252 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2018-11-20 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> + + * gdb.texinfo (Examining the Symbol Table): Document language choice + for 'info types|functions|variables' commands. + (Setting Breakpoints): Document language choice to print + the functions in which a breakpoint is set. + 2018-11-09 Pedro Franco de Carvalho <pedromfc@linux.ibm.com> * gdb.texinfo (PowerPC Features): Document the altivec and fpu diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 944a2c4..3c3915b 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -3873,6 +3873,13 @@ breakpoints are set, they are treated just like the breakpoints set with the @code{break} command. You can delete them, disable them, or make them conditional the same way as any other breakpoint. +In programs using different languages, @value{GDBN} chooses the syntax +to print the list of all breakpoints it sets according to the +@samp{set language} value: using @samp{set language auto} +(see @ref{Automatically, ,Set Language Automatically}) means to use the +language of the breakpoint's function, other values mean to use +the manually specified language (see @ref{Manually, ,Set Language Manually}). + The syntax of the regular expression is the standard one used with tools like @file{grep}. Note that this is different from the syntax used by shells, so for instance @code{foo*} matches all functions that include @@ -17903,6 +17910,13 @@ types in your program whose names include the string @code{value}, but @samp{i type ^value$} gives information only on types whose complete name is @code{value}. +In programs using different languages, @value{GDBN} chooses the syntax +to print the type description according to the +@samp{set language} value: using @samp{set language auto} +(see @ref{Automatically, ,Set Language Automatically}) means to use the +language of the type, other values mean to use +the manually specified language (see @ref{Manually, ,Set Language Manually}). + This command differs from @code{ptype} in two ways: first, like @code{whatis}, it does not print a detailed description; second, it lists all source files and line numbers where a type is defined. @@ -17987,6 +18001,13 @@ Similarly to @samp{info types}, this command groups its output by source files and annotates each function definition with its source line number. +In programs using different languages, @value{GDBN} chooses the syntax +to print the function name and type according to the +@samp{set language} value: using @samp{set language auto} +(see @ref{Automatically, ,Set Language Automatically}) means to use the +language of the function, other values mean to use +the manually specified language (see @ref{Manually, ,Set Language Manually}). + The optional flag @samp{-q}, which stands for @samp{quiet}, disables printing header information and messages explaining why no functions have been printed. @@ -18027,6 +18048,13 @@ outside of functions (i.e.@: excluding local variables). The printed variables are grouped by source files and annotated with their respective source line numbers. +In programs using different languages, @value{GDBN} chooses the syntax +to print the variable name and type according to the +@samp{set language} value: using @samp{set language auto} +(see @ref{Automatically, ,Set Language Automatically}) means to use the +language of the variable, other values mean to use +the manually specified language (see @ref{Manually, ,Set Language Manually}). + The optional flag @samp{-q}, which stands for @samp{quiet}, disables printing header information and messages explaining why no variables have been printed. |