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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 84acd5c..a164785 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -13340,6 +13340,7 @@ working language, and also what language source files were written in. @table @code @item show language +@anchor{show language} @kindex show language Display the current working language. This is the language you can use with commands such as @code{print} to @@ -28816,6 +28817,8 @@ the user interface. @node Context management @subsection Context management +@subsubsection Threads and Frames + In most cases when @value{GDBN} accesses the target, this access is done in context of a specific thread and frame (@pxref{Frames}). Often, even when accessing global data, the target requires that a thread @@ -28866,6 +28869,25 @@ all subsequent commands. No frontend is known to do this exactly right, so it is suggested to just always pass the @samp{--thread} and @samp{--frame} options. +@subsubsection Language + +The execution of several commands depends on which language is selected. +By default, the current language (@pxref{show language}) is used. +But for commands known to be language-sensitive, it is recommended +to use the @samp{--language} option. This option takes one argument, +which is the name of the language to use while executing the command. +For instance: + +@smallexample +-data-evaluate-expression --language c "sizeof (void*)" +^done,value="4" +(gdb) +@end smallexample + +The valid language names are the same names accepted by the +@samp{set language} command (@pxref{Manually}), excluding @samp{auto}, +@samp{local} or @samp{unknown}. + @node Asynchronous and non-stop modes @subsection Asynchronous command execution and non-stop mode |