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| author | Luis Machado <luisgpm@br.ibm.com> | 2007-11-05 11:32:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Luis Machado <luisgpm@br.ibm.com> | 2007-11-05 11:32:31 +0000 |
| commit | 1a619819d6cb85f66a81d3ca146a960c679edfa4 (patch) | |
| tree | d79458b9191b3ac748a1108187608fbf3a01262a /gdb/doc | |
| parent | 9a5e27bd964ba53c203b2c4fe1df4be7f07cb37d (diff) | |
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* printcmd.c: (printf_command): Add support for new DFP
modifiers %H, %D and %DD.
* configure.ac: Add check for DECFLOAT printf support.
* configure: Regenerated.
* doc/gdb.texinfo: Update printf command's description.
* testsuite/gdb.base/printcmds.exp: New function
test_printf_with_dfp.
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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 28 |
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 83d679f..61aad5a 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2007-11-05 Luis Machado <luisgpm@br.ibm.com> + + * gdb.texinfo: Update printf command's description. + 2007-10-30 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com> * gdb.texinfo (PowerPC): Document "set powerpc vector-abi" and "set diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 83c7680..f26393e 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -16557,6 +16557,34 @@ sequences, such as @code{\n}, @samp{\t}, @samp{\\}, @samp{\"}, @samp{\a}, and @samp{\f}, that consist of backslash followed by a single character. Octal and hexadecimal escape sequences are not supported. + +Additionally, @code{printf} supports conversion specifications for DFP +(@dfn{Decimal Floating Point}) types using the following conversion +letters: + +@itemize @bullet +@item +@samp{H} for printing @code{Decimal32} types. + +@item +@samp{D} for printing @code{Decimal64} types. + +@item +@samp{DD} for printing @code{Decimal128} types. +@end itemize + +If the underlying @code{C} implementation used to build @value{GDBN} has +support for the three conversion letters for DFP types, other modifiers +such as width and precision will also be available for @value{GDB} to use. + +In case there is no such @code{C} support, no additional modifiers will be +available and the value will be printed in the standard way. + +Here's an example of printing DFP types using the above conversion letters: +@smallexample +printf "D32: %H - D64: %D - D128: %DD\n",1.2345df,1.2E10dd,1.2E1dl +@end smallexample + @end table @node Interpreters |