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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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In-reply-to: <20050906152448.GA2444@nevyn.them.org> (message from Daniel
	Jacobowitz on Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:24:48 -0400)
Subject: Re: The 'x' command: size problem
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> Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:24:48 -0400
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
> Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com
> 
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 07:00:28PM +0400, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> > works. In fact, the x_command function in printcmd.c expects the the size
> > argument be always given as literal.
> > 
> > This limitation makes it somewhat harder to implement "show this
> > variable/expression in binary" command in a GUI. Are there any easy
> > workarounds?
> 
> Not as far as I know.

Is that a bug, and if so, should we fix it ASAP?