From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@embecosm.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>,
Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>,
Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>, Simon Sobisch <simonsobisch@web.de>
Subject: [PATCH v6 2/8] GDB/doc: Document the Guile `#:unlimited' keyword
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 23:03:54 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.2208171547160.10833@tpp.orcam.me.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.2208151502460.10833@tpp.orcam.me.uk>
Document the Guile `#:unlimited' keyword and deprecate the internal
integer representation it corresponds to for integer parameters.
---
New change in v6.
---
gdb/doc/guile.texi | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
gdb-doc-guile-param-xinteger.diff
Index: src/gdb/doc/guile.texi
===================================================================
--- src.orig/gdb/doc/guile.texi
+++ src/gdb/doc/guile.texi
@@ -2135,8 +2135,9 @@ Guile, true and false are represented us
@samp{auto} is represented using @code{#:auto}.
@item PARAM_UINTEGER
-The value is an unsigned integer. The value of 0 should be
-interpreted to mean ``unlimited''.
+The value is an unsigned integer. The value of @code{#:unlimited}
+should be interpreted to mean ``unlimited'', and the value of @samp{0}
+is reserved and should not be used.
@item PARAM_ZINTEGER
The value is an integer.
@@ -2145,9 +2146,10 @@ The value is an integer.
The value is an unsigned integer.
@item PARAM_ZUINTEGER_UNLIMITED
-The value is an integer in the range @samp{[0, INT_MAX]}.
-A value of @samp{-1} means ``unlimited'', and other negative
-numbers are not allowed.
+The value is an integer in the range @samp{[0, INT_MAX]}. The value
+of @code{#:unlimited} means ``unlimited'', the value of @samp{-1} is
+reserved and should not be used, and other negative numbers are not
+allowed.
@item PARAM_STRING
The value is a string. When the user modifies the string, any escape
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-08-17 22:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-17 22:03 [PATCH v6 0/8] gdb: split array and string limiting options Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-17 22:03 ` [PATCH v6 1/8] GDB/Guile: Don't assert that an integer value is boolean Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-17 13:43 ` Simon Marchi
2022-10-21 7:58 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-21 18:44 ` Simon Marchi
2022-10-21 20:54 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-22 0:48 ` Simon Marchi
2022-08-17 22:03 ` Maciej W. Rozycki [this message]
2022-08-18 6:06 ` [PATCH v6 2/8] GDB/doc: Document the Guile `#:unlimited' keyword Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-01 10:31 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-17 22:04 ` [PATCH v6 3/8] GDB/testsuite: Expand Python integer parameter coverage across all types Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-17 13:56 ` Simon Marchi
2022-10-21 7:59 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-17 22:04 ` [PATCH v6 4/8] GDB/Python: Make `None' stand for `unlimited' in setting integer parameters Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-17 14:26 ` Simon Marchi
2022-10-21 8:03 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-17 22:04 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] GDB/Python: Use None for `var_zuinteger_unlimited' value set to `unlimited' Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-18 6:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-17 15:02 ` Simon Marchi
2022-10-29 15:58 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-31 13:00 ` Simon Marchi
2022-10-31 13:31 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-11-01 12:28 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-26 11:58 ` Luis Machado
2022-10-29 13:52 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-31 8:14 ` Luis Machado
2022-10-31 12:37 ` Luis Machado
2022-10-31 13:08 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-31 13:14 ` Luis Machado
2022-10-31 14:05 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-17 22:04 ` [PATCH v6 6/8] GDB: Allow arbitrary keywords in integer set commands Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-17 22:05 ` [PATCH v6 7/8] GDB: Add a character string limiting option Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-17 22:05 ` [PATCH v6 8/8] GDB/testsuite: Expand for character string limiting options Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-08-18 0:07 ` [PATCH v6.1 " Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-09-01 10:32 ` [PING][PATCH v6 0/8] gdb: split array and " Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-09-08 9:37 ` [PING^2][PATCH " Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-09-14 17:43 ` [PING^3][PATCH " Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-09-22 22:07 ` [PING^4][PATCH " Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-09-29 7:09 ` [PING^5][PATCH " Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-09-29 7:12 ` Simon Sobisch
2022-10-06 15:46 ` [PING^6][PATCH " Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-10-12 21:19 ` [PING^7][PATCH " Maciej W. Rozycki
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