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authorJan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>2007-01-26 20:53:52 +0000
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* gdb.texinfo: Describe CHAR array vs. string identifcation rules.
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+2007-01-26 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+ Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo: Describe CHAR array vs. string identifcation rules.
+
2007-01-26 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* gdb.texinfo (Compilation, Files, Bootstrapping, Bug Reporting):
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@@ -5632,6 +5632,26 @@ If you ask to print an object whose contents are unknown to
by the debug information, @value{GDBN} will say @samp{<incomplete
type>}. @xref{Symbols, incomplete type}, for more about this.
+Strings are identified as arrays of @code{char} values without specified
+signedness. Arrays of either @code{signed char} or @code{unsigned char} get
+printed as arrays of 1 byte sized integers. @code{-fsigned-char} or
+@code{-funsigned-char} @value{NGCC} options have no effect as @value{GDBN}
+defines literal string type @code{"char"} as @code{char} without a sign.
+For program code
+
+@smallexample
+char var0[] = "A";
+signed char var1[] = "A";
+@end smallexample
+
+You get during debugging
+@smallexample
+(gdb) print var0
+$1 = "A"
+(gdb) print var1
+$2 = @{65 'A', 0 '\0'@}
+@end smallexample
+
@node Arrays
@section Artificial arrays