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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/value.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/value.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/value.h b/gdb/value.h index 4e839d3..8a66aa4 100644 --- a/gdb/value.h +++ b/gdb/value.h @@ -463,7 +463,12 @@ extern void mark_value_bytes_unavailable (struct value *value, value_available_contents_eq(val, 4, val, 12, 2) => 1 value_available_contents_eq(val, 4, val, 12, 4) => 0 value_available_contents_eq(val, 3, val, 4, 4) => 0 -*/ + + We only know whether a value chunk is available if we've tried to + read it. As this routine is used by printing routines, which may + be printing values in the value history, long after the inferior is + gone, it works with const values. Therefore, this routine must not + be called with lazy values. */ extern int value_available_contents_eq (const struct value *val1, int offset1, const struct value *val2, int offset2, |