From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gateway30.websitewelcome.com (gateway30.websitewelcome.com [192.185.193.11]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30155383801A for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2021 18:57:06 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 30155383801A Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=tromey.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=tromey.com Received: from cm10.websitewelcome.com (cm10.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.4]) by gateway30.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E8A42ADC3 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2021 13:57:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: from box5379.bluehost.com ([162.241.216.53]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id o9ZZlESo5x8Dpo9ZZlyiaH; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 13:57:05 -0500 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tromey.com; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date:References :Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=meTf3myusiC9y10VJ6VIStW4nPz8w96+hagPKOvzFxY=; b=gCWkZKaVtPlGf0oub28AaiJFej kmfekXk/yb9OUU4Wv6Z0xTCQnhJbaBYNefkeVo0GGwb+aG/U0OdRWdir5JPUsjulAdb85LomPjNko YeNM2gX1lRFw08ZB2D6mT3rez; Received: from 75-166-146-111.hlrn.qwest.net ([75.166.146.111]:33218 helo=murgatroyd) by box5379.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1lo9ZZ-002Id4-8Y; Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:57:05 -0600 From: Tom Tromey To: Simon Marchi via Gdb Subject: Re: MI to access value of $ prefixed variable name References: X-Attribution: Tom Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:57:04 -0600 In-Reply-To: (Simon Marchi via Gdb's message of "Tue, 25 May 2021 10:03:56 -0400") Message-ID: <87v96xqupr.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box5379.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - sourceware.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tromey.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 75.166.146.111 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1lo9ZZ-002Id4-8Y X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: 75-166-146-111.hlrn.qwest.net (murgatroyd) [75.166.146.111]:33218 X-Source-Auth: tom+tromey.com X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: ZWx5bnJvYmk7ZWx5bnJvYmk7Ym94NTM3OS5ibHVlaG9zdC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3026.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_NEUTRAL, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 18:57:08 -0000 >>>>> "Simon" == Simon Marchi via Gdb writes: Simon> I'd say that the simplest solution would be: don't use dollar sign in Simon> identifiers. But if somebody really wants GDB to support it, then they Simon> can always send a patch for it (I don't think this is a priority for Simon> anyone). I think it would be fine if someone wanted to solve this. Maybe one idea would be to defer to variables from the inferior, but provide some additional way to refer to convenience variables. Or maybe vice versa. Tom