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authorVladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com>2007-06-09 10:08:16 +0000
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* gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Variable Objects): Editorial
comments.
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-06-09 Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Variable Objects): Editorial
+ comments.
+
2007-06-07 Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
* gdb.texinfo (Emacs): Describe GDB under Emacs 22.1.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 7918465..7c04b2b 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -17262,7 +17262,7 @@ New fields may be added to the output of any MI command.
@item
The range of values for fields with specified values, e.g.,
-@code{in_scope} (@pxref{-var-update-fields}) may be extended.
+@code{in_scope} (@pxref{-var-update}) may be extended.
@c The format of field's content e.g type prefix, may change so parse it
@c at your own risk. Yes, in general?
@@ -19516,7 +19516,6 @@ subsequent @code{-var-update} list.
@subheading The @code{-var-update} Command
@findex -var-update
-@anchor{-var-update}
@subsubheading Synopsis
@@ -19530,7 +19529,8 @@ list of variable objects whose values have changed; @var{name} must
be a root variable object. Here, ``changed'' means that the result of
@code{-var-evaluate-expression} before and after the
@code{-var-update} is different. If @samp{*} is used as the variable
-object names, all existing variable objects are updated. The option
+object names, all existing variable objects are updated, except
+for frozen ones (@pxref{-var-set-frozen}). The option
@var{print-values} determines whether both names and values, or just
names are printed. The possible values of this options are the same
as for @code{-var-list-children} (@pxref{-var-list-children}). It is
@@ -19551,7 +19551,7 @@ type_changed="false"@}]
(gdb)
@end smallexample
-@anchor{-var-update-fields}
+@anchor{-var-update}
The field in_scope may take three values:
@table @code
@@ -19576,18 +19576,19 @@ be prepared for this possibility. @xref{GDB/MI Development and Front Ends, ,@sc
@subheading The @code{-var-set-frozen} Command
@findex -var-set-frozen
+@anchor{-var-set-frozen}
@subsubheading Synopsis
@smallexample
- -var-set-frozen @var{name} @samp{flag}
+ -var-set-frozen @var{name} @var{flag}
@end smallexample
-Set the frozeness flag on the variable object @var{name}. The
+Set the frozenness flag on the variable object @var{name}. The
@var{flag} parameter should be either @samp{1} to make the variable
-frozen or @samp{0} to make it unfozen. If a variable object is
+frozen or @samp{0} to make it unfrozen. If a variable object is
frozen, then neither itself, nor any of its children, are
-implicitly updated by @code{-var-update} (@pxref{-var-update}) of
+implicitly updated by @code{-var-update} of
a parent variable or by @code{-var-update *}. Only
@code{-var-update} of the variable itself will update its value and
values of its children. After a variable object is unfrozen, it is