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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index d32caf6..4b5ae97 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2008-03-21 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Expressions): Update description of malloced arrays. + 2008-03-15 Vladimir Prus <vladimir@codesourcery.com> * gdb.texinfo (Thread Commands): Document diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 2ed036c..67c3dee 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -5597,8 +5597,10 @@ you compiled your program to include this information; see @cindex arrays in expressions @value{GDBN} supports array constants in expressions input by the user. The syntax is @{@var{element}, @var{element}@dots{}@}. For example, -you can use the command @code{print @{1, 2, 3@}} to build up an array in -memory that is @code{malloc}ed in the target program. +you can use the command @code{print @{1, 2, 3@}} to create an array +of three integers. If you pass an array to a function or assign it +to a program variable, @value{GDBN} copies the array to memory that +is @code{malloc}ed in the target program. Because C is so widespread, most of the expressions shown in examples in this manual are in C. @xref{Languages, , Using @value{GDBN} with Different |