Any reason you couldn't just pass a kind of printf format string to
-format.  E.g.,

    print 1.0 "%g 0x%08x"

would print the value first as a double--1.0--and then again in hex. 
(Unlike printf, each % substitution would refer to the same value.)

cm


Andrew Cagney wrote:
> Hi,
>
> some questions, and ideas.
>
> What should the -format qualifier do when applied to floating point? 
> For instance:
>  (fhpd) print 1.0 -format x
>  0x1
> i.e., convert the cooked value to decimal and then print in hex; or:
>  (fhpd) print 1.0 -format x
>  0x3ff0000000000000
> i.e., print the raw value in hex.  I think the answer depends on the
> next question.
>
> What possible format options are there and how should they interact?
> Here's a possible list:
>  bi[t]s, [o]ctal, [d]ecimal, he[x]adecimal, [f]loat, [v]alue (i.e.,
> default)
>  [r]aw, [c]ooked
>  [b]ig-endian, [l]ittle-endian, [n]ative (for default)
>  [s]igned, [u]nsigned, [i]nteger (for default???)
>  reset: -
> are there others?  I've tried to make each set largely orthogonal;
> does this work?  Would other combinations be better?  For
> signed/unsigned is there a better "default" to integer.  Should
> [o][x][t] just imply unsigned?
>
> How should these options be specified; Either:
>    -format rx
> or
>    -format x -data r -order b
> for dumping each field in big-endian raw hex.  I prefer the more terse
> former.
>

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