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@@ -3,8 +3,39 @@ *** Changes since GDB 7.7 +* Guile scripting + + GDB now has support for scripting using Guile. Whether this is + available is determined at configure time. + Guile version 2.0 or greater is required. + Guile version 2.0.9 is well tested, earlier 2.0 versions are not. + +* New commands (for set/show, see "New options" below) + +guile [code] +gu [code] + Invoke CODE by passing it to the Guile interpreter. + +guile-repl +gr + Start a Guile interactive prompt (or "repl" for "read-eval-print loop"). + +info auto-load guile-scripts [regexp] + Print the list of automatically loaded Guile scripts. + +* The source command is now capable of sourcing Guile scripts. + This feature is dependent on the debugger being built with Guile support. + * New options +set guile print-stack (none|message|full) +show guile print-stack + Show a stack trace when an error is encountered in a Guile script. + +set auto-load guile-scripts (on|off) +show auto-load guile-scripts + Control auto-loading of Guile script files. + maint ada set ignore-descriptive-types (on|off) maint ada show ignore-descriptive-types Control whether the debugger should ignore descriptive types in Ada |