[Bug gdb/11067] New: p <enum constant> should print the constant's value

[Bug gdb/11067] New: p <enum constant> should print the constant's value

[jyasskin at gmail dot com]

$ cat test.c
enum E {
Val1,
Val2
};
int main() {
    enum E e = Val1;
    return e;
}

...
Temporary breakpoint 1, main () at test.c:6
6           enum E e = Val1;
(gdb) n
7           return e;
(gdb) p e
$1 = Val1
(gdb) p Val1
$2 = Val1
(gdb) p (int)Val1
$3 = 0


When I print a variable, printing the symbolic name for its value is right, but 
when I print the symbolic name, gdb should print its numeric value instead (or 
in addition).

There's an easy workaround, of course, but gdb should DTRT in the first place.

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           Summary: p <enum constant> should print the constant's value
           Product: gdb
           Version: 7.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: gdb
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sourceware dot org
        ReportedBy: jyasskin at gmail dot com
                CC: gdb-prs at sourceware dot org


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[Bug gdb/11067] p <enum constant> should print the constant's value

[ppluzhnikov at google dot com]

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[Bug gdb/11067] p <enum constant> should print the constant's value

[cmoller at redhat dot com]

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             Status|NEW                         |ASSIGNED


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[Bug gdb/11067] p <enum constant> should print the constant's value

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------- Additional Comments From cmoller at redhat dot com  2010-02-16 02:49 -------
Lacking any consensus on the utility, implementation, or display format for this
enhancement, and the evolving mutually exclusive requirements, there's no way to
make this enhancement work.

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             Status|ASSIGNED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX


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[Bug gdb/11067] p <enum constant> should print the constant's value

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------- Additional Comments From ppluzhnikov at google dot com  2010-02-16 03:58 -------
For those not following the discussion, Chris attempted two
separate patches:
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2010-02/msg00179.html
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2010-02/msg00279.html

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------- Additional Comments From jyasskin at gmail dot com  2010-02-16 05:17 -------
Thanks, Chris, for your work on this. I guess such a simple change was just asking 
to be bikeshedded into oblivion.

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