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authorJim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com>1994-03-16 20:04:14 +0000
committerJim Kingdon <jkingdon@engr.sgi.com>1994-03-16 20:04:14 +0000
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* gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/doc')
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo36
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 44b9470..bc58544 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
+ * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
+ fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
+ on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
+
* stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
N_ENTRY node.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 7af81b3..60d1e4e 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -4425,42 +4425,16 @@ Ask how large the maximum offset is that @value{GDBN} prints in a
symbolic address.
@end table
-Sometimes @value{GDBN} can tell you more about an address if it does an
-extensive search of its symbol information. The default is to provide
-a quick symbolic display that is usually correct, but which may not give
-the most useful answer when working in some object file formats. If
-you are not getting the information you need, try:
-
-@table @code
-@item set print fast-symbolic-addr off
-@kindex set print fast-symbolic-addr
-Search all symbol information when displaying an address symbolically.
-This setting may display more information about static variables, for
-example, but also takes longer.
-
-@item set print fast-symbolic-addr
-@item set print fast-symbolic-addr on
-Search only the ``minimal symbol information'' when displaying symbolic
-information about an address. This is the default.
-
-@item show print fast-symbolic-addr
-@kindex show print fast-symbolic-addr
-Ask whether @value{GDBN} is using a fast or slow method of printing
-symbolic address.
-@end table
-
@cindex wild pointer, interpreting
@cindex pointer, finding referent
If you have a pointer and you are not sure where it points, try
-@samp{set print symbol-filename on} and @samp{set print
-fast-symbolic-addr off}. Then you can determine the name and source
-file location of the variable where it points, using @samp{p/a
-@var{pointer}}. This interprets the address in symbolic form. For
-example, here @value{GDBN} shows that a variable @code{ptt} points at
-another variable @code{t}, defined in @file{hi2.c}:
+@samp{set print symbol-filename on}. Then you can determine the name
+and source file location of the variable where it points, using
+@samp{p/a @var{pointer}}. This interprets the address in symbolic form.
+For example, here @value{GDBN} shows that a variable @code{ptt} points
+at another variable @code{t}, defined in @file{hi2.c}:
@example
-(@value{GDBP}) set print fast-symbolic-addr off
(@value{GDBP}) set print symbol-filename on
(@value{GDBP}) p/a ptt
$4 = 0xe008 <t in hi2.c>