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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index df5cc2a..49bd76a 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -208,12 +208,21 @@ effects of one bug and go on to learn about another. @end itemize @ifclear CONLY -@ifclear MOD2 -You can use @value{GDBN} to debug programs written in C or C++. -@end ifclear +You can use @value{GDBN} to debug programs written in C or C++. For +more information, @xref{C}. + @ifset MOD2 -You can use @value{GDBN} to debug programs written in C, C++, and -Modula-2. +@c I use "MOD2" as a "miscellaneous languages" flag here. According to +@c a comment in all-cfg.texi, there should be separate flags for chill +@c and Pascal, but that seems kind of silly since we only mention them +@c in passing--IMHO the manual should be configurable as little as we +@c can get away with -kingdon. +Support for Modula-2 and Chill is partial. For information on Modula-2, +@xref{Modula-2}; there is no further documentation on Chill yet. + +Pascal programs which use sets, subranges, file variables, or nested +functions will not currently work. @value{GDBN} does not support +entering expressions, printing values, etc. using Pascal syntax. @end ifset @ifset FORTRAN @cindex Fortran @@ -5235,7 +5244,12 @@ together. The C++ debugging facilities are jointly implemented by the GNU C++ compiler and @value{GDBN}. Therefore, to debug your C++ code effectively, you must compile your C++ programs with the GNU C++ compiler, -@code{g++}. +@code{g++}. Also, you must be using the stabs debugging format; see the +documentation for the GNU C++ compiler for more information on how to +select that format. + +In particular, cfront based compilers such as Sun's C++ are not fully +supported. @end ifclear @ifset CONLY @node C |