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authorJim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com>1994-02-02 16:33:09 +0000
committerJim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com>1994-02-02 16:33:09 +0000
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* stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
-16.
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
+
+ * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
+ -16.
+
Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
* gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
diff --git a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
index b5beccb..85c2d4e 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo
@@ -1543,9 +1543,9 @@ use a new negative type number.
@code{integer}. 32 bit signed integral type.
@item -16
-@code{boolean}. 32 bit type. How is the truth value encoded? Is it
-the least significant bit or is it a question of whether the whole value
-is zero or non-zero?
+@code{boolean}. 32 bit type. GDB and GCC assume that zero is false,
+one is true, and other values have unspecified meaning. I hope this
+agrees with how the IBM tools use the type.
@item -17
@code{short real}. IEEE single precision.