On Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:09:54 pm Ulrich Weigand wrote:
> Ken Werner wrote:
> > On Wednesday, February 16, 2011 11:24:21 am Andreas Schwab wrote:
> > > Ken Werner <ken@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> > > > On Tuesday, February 15, 2011 10:01:55 pm Ulrich Weigand wrote:
> > > This passes because "char \\\[2\\\]" matches (a substring of) the first
> > > output, but you really want to match the whole string "type = char
> > > [2]".
> > > 
> > > +gdb_test "whatis c2" "type = char(2| \\\[2\\\])"
> > 
> > Does this also mean:
> >         gdb_test "whatis c2" "type = .*(char(2| \\\[2\\\]))"
> > 
> > as suggested by Jan?
> 
> No, the implicit ".*" is only at the *beginning* of the match string,
> not somewhere in the middle, so that
>    gdb_test "whatis c2" "type = char(2| \\\[2\\\])"
> is equivalent to
>    gdb_test "whatis c2" ".*type = char(2| \\\[2\\\])"

Ah, now it makes sense - thank you!
Attached is an updated version of the patch.

Ken