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Subject: Re: Machine interface
To: ac131313@redhat.com (Andrew Cagney)
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:00:00 -0000
From: "Alain Magloire" <alain@qnx.com>
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In-Reply-To: <3F422654.3080306@redhat.com> from "Andrew Cagney" at Aug 19, 2003 09:29:56 AM
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> 
> Have a look at the -var-* commands.  The testsuite is currently the best 
> source of examples.
> 

In other words try:

(gdb)
-var-create - * b
...
-var-evaluate-expression var1


Using the varobj, as shown to be more reliable.
and we use -data-evaluate-expression only for hovering or quick evaluation.