Re: [RFC/RFA] gdb extension for Harvard architectures

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>]

> What about expressions.
> 
> Consider
>     (gdb) print (char *) function
> 
> should that return:
> 
>     (@data char *) ...
> or (@code char *) ...

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My question here is, should the address space be propogated through a 
type conversion (when it isn't explicitly specified)?

The user might have the expression:

	x/i function

and then enter

	x/w function

Both will examine the same memory location.  The user could then try to 
manipulate that data with:

	print *(int*)function

however, depending on the interpretation of the expression (I don't 
believe ISO C defines the semantics of this) you could end up printing a 
value from a completly different address space.

Would it be better if the cast operator, by default, preserved the 
address space of the pointer being cast?

Andrew