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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2005-05-20 14:58:38 +0000 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2005-05-20 14:58:38 +0000 |
commit | eb2dae08709e462c445788e760433abab35977fd (patch) | |
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* gdb.texinfo (Numbers): Explain the example and make the wording
more acurate.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index e839455..3405bff 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -15191,18 +15191,18 @@ Show the current pagination mode. You can always enter numbers in octal, decimal, or hexadecimal in @value{GDBN} by the usual conventions: octal numbers begin with @samp{0}, decimal numbers end with @samp{.}, and hexadecimal numbers -begin with @samp{0x}. Numbers that begin with none of these are, by -default, entered in base 10; likewise, the default display for -numbers---when no particular format is specified---is base 10. You can -change the default base for both input and output with the @code{set -radix} command. +begin with @samp{0x}. Numbers that neither begin with @samp{0} or +@samp{0x}, nor end with a @samp{.} are, by default, entered in base +10; likewise, the default display for numbers---when no particular +format is specified---is base 10. You can change the default base for +both input and output with the commands described below. @table @code @kindex set input-radix @item set input-radix @var{base} Set the default base for numeric input. Supported choices for @var{base} are decimal 8, 10, or 16. @var{base} must itself be -specified either unambiguously or using the current default radix; for +specified either unambiguously or using the current input radix; for example, any of @smallexample @@ -15213,13 +15213,17 @@ set input-radix 0xa @noindent sets the input base to decimal. On the other hand, @samp{set input-radix 10} -leaves the input radix unchanged, no matter what it was. +leaves the input radix unchanged, no matter what it was, since +@samp{10}, being without any leading or trailing signs of its base, is +interpreted in the current radix. Thus, if the current radix is 16, +@samp{10} is interpreted in hex, i.e.@: as 16 decimal, which doesn't +change the radix. @kindex set output-radix @item set output-radix @var{base} Set the default base for numeric display. Supported choices for @var{base} are decimal 8, 10, or 16. @var{base} must itself be -specified either unambiguously or using the current default radix. +specified either unambiguously or using the current input radix. @kindex show input-radix @item show input-radix |