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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2005-05-20 14:58:38 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2005-05-20 14:58:38 +0000
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* gdb.texinfo (Numbers): Explain the example and make the wording
more acurate.
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@@ -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