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diff --git a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo index 526d856..eb5f477 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo @@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ represents the procedure itself. The @code{N_LBRAC} uses the @menu * Basic types:: Basic type definitions * Range types:: Range types defined by min and max value -* Bit-ranges:: Range type defined by number of bits +* Float "range" types:: Range type defined by size in bytes @end menu @node Basic types @@ -529,17 +529,20 @@ range of type @code{int}, with a minimum value of 0 and a maximum of 65535. 13 .stabs "short unsigned int:t8=r1;0;65535;",128,0,0,0 @end example -@node Bit-ranges -@section Range type defined by number of bits +@node Float "range" types +@section Range type defined by size in bytes @table @strong @item Type Descriptor: @code{r} @end table -In a range definition, if the number after the second semicolon is 0, -then the number after the first semicolon is the number of bits needed -to represent the type. +In a range definition, if the first number after the semicolon is +positive and the second is zero, then the type being defined is a +floating point type, and the number after the first semicolon is the +number of bytes needed to represent the type. Note that this does not +provide a way to distinguish 8-byte real floating point types from +8-byte complex floating point types. @example .stabs "@var{name}: |