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It is like the "dir" command except that it replaces the
source path list instead of augmenting it.
+* GDB now understands thread names.
+
+ On GNU/Linux, "info threads" will display the thread name as set by
+ prctl or pthread_setname_np.
+
+ There is also a new command, "thread name", which can be used to
+ assign a name internally for GDB to display.
+
* OpenCL C
Initial support for the OpenCL C language (http://www.khronos.org/opencl)
has been integrated into GDB.
@@ -49,6 +57,9 @@
** New function gdb.newest_frame returns the newest frame in the
selected thread.
+ ** The gdb.InferiorThread class has a new "name" attribute. This
+ holds the thread's name.
+
* C++ Improvements:
** GDB now puts template parameters in scope when debugging in an