Re: [RFC]: remove inconsistency in printcmd.c: print_scalar_formatted

Andrew Cagney
2004-01-20T00:41:48Z

> On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 05:57:04PM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
>
>> >Ping. Could we continue discussing this topic and come to some form of
>> >resolution? The new additional ia64 test failures are annoying.
>
>>
>> I thought there was basic agreement with your change (It sux less then
>> the current behavior :-). Yes, change it. That way, behavior such as:
>> (gdb) print/x 1.0
>> will at least be more consistent.
>
>
> Yeah, I agree, and re-reading Kevin's message I don't think he objects.
>
> How do you all feel about a more sweeping change instead:
> (gdb) set $doublevar = 2.0
> (gdb) print doublevar
> $1 = 2.0
> (gdb) print (int) doublevar
> $1 = 2
> (gdb) print/x (int) doublevar
> $1 = 2
> (gdb) print/x doublevar
> $1 = 0xc000000000000000
> (gdb) print/i doublevar
> ???? [no preference really]

No. That would be wrong. print/<format> prints the value (not the
implementation) using the specified format. Being able to examine the
underlying implementation in various formats is more of an "examine"
command.

Andrew