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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 7af81b3..60d1e4e 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -4425,42 +4425,16 @@ Ask how large the maximum offset is that @value{GDBN} prints in a symbolic address. @end table -Sometimes @value{GDBN} can tell you more about an address if it does an -extensive search of its symbol information. The default is to provide -a quick symbolic display that is usually correct, but which may not give -the most useful answer when working in some object file formats. If -you are not getting the information you need, try: - -@table @code -@item set print fast-symbolic-addr off -@kindex set print fast-symbolic-addr -Search all symbol information when displaying an address symbolically. -This setting may display more information about static variables, for -example, but also takes longer. - -@item set print fast-symbolic-addr -@item set print fast-symbolic-addr on -Search only the ``minimal symbol information'' when displaying symbolic -information about an address. This is the default. - -@item show print fast-symbolic-addr -@kindex show print fast-symbolic-addr -Ask whether @value{GDBN} is using a fast or slow method of printing -symbolic address. -@end table - @cindex wild pointer, interpreting @cindex pointer, finding referent If you have a pointer and you are not sure where it points, try -@samp{set print symbol-filename on} and @samp{set print -fast-symbolic-addr off}. Then you can determine the name and source -file location of the variable where it points, using @samp{p/a -@var{pointer}}. This interprets the address in symbolic form. For -example, here @value{GDBN} shows that a variable @code{ptt} points at -another variable @code{t}, defined in @file{hi2.c}: +@samp{set print symbol-filename on}. Then you can determine the name +and source file location of the variable where it points, using +@samp{p/a @var{pointer}}. This interprets the address in symbolic form. +For example, here @value{GDBN} shows that a variable @code{ptt} points +at another variable @code{t}, defined in @file{hi2.c}: @example -(@value{GDBP}) set print fast-symbolic-addr off (@value{GDBP}) set print symbol-filename on (@value{GDBP}) p/a ptt $4 = 0xe008 <t in hi2.c> |