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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/utils.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/utils.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/utils.h b/gdb/utils.h index e2fa430..dff4b17 100644 --- a/gdb/utils.h +++ b/gdb/utils.h @@ -48,17 +48,24 @@ enum class strncmp_iw_mode /* Helper for strcmp_iw and strncmp_iw. Exported so that languages can implement both NORMAL and MATCH_PARAMS variants in a single - function and defer part of the work to strncmp_iw_with_mode. */ + function and defer part of the work to strncmp_iw_with_mode. + LANGUAGE is used to implement some context-sensitive + language-specific comparisons. For example, for C++, + "string1=operator()" should not match "string2=operator" even in + MATCH_PARAMS mode. */ extern int strncmp_iw_with_mode (const char *string1, const char *string2, size_t string2_len, - strncmp_iw_mode mode); + strncmp_iw_mode mode, + enum language language); /* Do a strncmp() type operation on STRING1 and STRING2, ignoring any differences in whitespace. STRING2_LEN is STRING2's length. Returns 0 if STRING1 matches STRING2_LEN characters of STRING2, non-zero otherwise (slightly different than strncmp()'s range of - return values). */ + return values). Note: passes language_minimal to + strncmp_iw_with_mode, and should therefore be avoided if a more + suitable language is available. */ extern int strncmp_iw (const char *string1, const char *string2, size_t string2_len); @@ -70,7 +77,10 @@ extern int strncmp_iw (const char *string1, const char *string2, As an extra hack, string1=="FOO(ARGS)" matches string2=="FOO". This "feature" is useful when searching for matching C++ function names (such as if the user types 'break FOO', where FOO is a - mangled C++ function). */ + mangled C++ function). + + Note: passes language_minimal to strncmp_iw_with_mode, and should + therefore be avoided if a more suitable language is available. */ extern int strcmp_iw (const char *string1, const char *string2); extern int strcmp_iw_ordered (const char *, const char *); |