From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 102030 invoked by alias); 28 Oct 2018 14:46:36 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 101929 invoked by uid 89); 28 Oct 2018 14:46:35 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-26.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,GIT_PATCH_0,GIT_PATCH_1,GIT_PATCH_2,GIT_PATCH_3,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=HContent-Transfer-Encoding:8bit X-HELO: mailsec110.isp.belgacom.be Received: from mailsec110.isp.belgacom.be (HELO mailsec110.isp.belgacom.be) (195.238.20.106) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sun, 28 Oct 2018 14:46:33 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=skynet.be; i=@skynet.be; q=dns/txt; s=securemail; t=1540737993; x=1572273993; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to: references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=2V3PAVyfA6jYUzOlYTDb7E6IibzLzy9u4yjTUnVmdo0=; b=Q8T8TtvSOO8sf38o80OpOH7iMPkPKscZrpyDBSG+eJLvNkIvxpAvo5Au 5thI+o1OlKls8IqUTJjdtLaYyZImxw==; Received: from 110.212-243-81.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be (HELO md.home) ([81.243.212.110]) by relay.skynet.be with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256; 28 Oct 2018 15:46:23 +0100 From: Philippe Waroquiers To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Cc: Philippe Waroquiers Subject: [RFA 4/5] Document language choice in 'info [functions|variables|types]|rbreak' commands Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 14:46:00 -0000 Message-Id: <20181028144614.14149-5-philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> In-Reply-To: <20181028144614.14149-1-philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> References: <20181028144614.14149-1-philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-10/txt/msg00669.txt.bz2 doc/ChangeLog 2018-10-27 Philippe Waroquiers * gdb.texinfo (Examining the Symbol Table): Document language choice for 'info types|functions|variables' commands. (Setting Breakpoints): Document language choice to print the functions in which a breakpoint is set. --- gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 8c1e618973..86445b8f45 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -3873,6 +3873,12 @@ breakpoints are set, they are treated just like the breakpoints set with the @code{break} command. You can delete them, disable them, or make them conditional the same way as any other breakpoint. +In programs using different languages, @value{GDBN} chooses the syntax +to print the list of all breakpoints it sets according to the +@samp{set language} value: using @samp{set language auto} means +to use the language of the breakpoint's function, other values mean to use +the manually specified language. + The syntax of the regular expression is the standard one used with tools like @file{grep}. Note that this is different from the syntax used by shells, so for instance @code{foo*} matches all functions that include @@ -17902,6 +17908,12 @@ types in your program whose names include the string @code{value}, but @samp{i type ^value$} gives information only on types whose complete name is @code{value}. +In programs using different languages, @value{GDBN} chooses the syntax +to print the type description according to the +@samp{set language} value: using @samp{set language auto} means +to use the language of the type, other values mean to use +the manually specified language. + This command differs from @code{ptype} in two ways: first, like @code{whatis}, it does not print a detailed description; second, it lists all source files and line numbers where a type is defined. @@ -17986,6 +17998,12 @@ Similarly to @samp{info types}, this command groups its output by source files and annotates each function definition with its source line number. +In programs using different languages, @value{GDBN} chooses the syntax +to print the function name and type according to the +@samp{set language} value: using @samp{set language auto} means +to use the language of the function, other values mean to use +the manually specified language. + The optional flag @samp{-q}, which stands for @samp{quiet}, disables printing header information and messages explaining why no functions have been printed. @@ -18026,6 +18044,12 @@ outside of functions (i.e.@: excluding local variables). The printed variables are grouped by source files and annotated with their respective source line numbers. +In programs using different languages, @value{GDBN} chooses the syntax +to print the variable name and type according to the +@samp{set language} value: using @samp{set language auto} means +to use the language of the variable, other values mean to use +the manually specified language. + The optional flag @samp{-q}, which stands for @samp{quiet}, disables printing header information and messages explaining why no variables have been printed. -- 2.19.1