Re: add set cp-abi command

Eli Zaretskii
2002-04-11T19:25:14Z

> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:14:13 -0700
> From: Jim Ingham <jingham@apple.com>
>
> > Please explain in a few words what "ABI" means; I don't think Joe Random
> > C++ User will necessarily know that. A list of possible values one can
> > use (in addition to "auto") is also something the manual should have.
>
> I not sure I agree with this. First off, this "set" section doesn't
> explain what other similarly obscure terms mean (like "set vtable").
> These are expert features, so if you need them presumably you know what
> they are.

Nevertheless, I think it doesn't hurt to say something like this:

Set the C@t{++} @dfn{ABI} (Application Binary Interface) that
@value{GDBN} will use to decode C@t{++} objects.

> Also, the available types are dynamically generated.

Does it mean we don't know at least some of the possible values in
advance? I'd be surprised.