Re: [RFA] Add vector type flag to stabsread.c

[Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>]

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Jim Blandy wrote:
> 
> Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@redhat.com> writes:
> > OK.
> > Should the stabs doc be updated? Who controls that?
> 
> Yes.  Us.  :)


OK, how's this?

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2002-05-08  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@redhat.com>

	* stabs.texinfo (Attributes): Document new "vector" attribute.

Index: stabs.texinfo
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -p -r1.5 stabs.texinfo
*** stabs.texinfo	30 Dec 2001 06:25:16 -0000	1.5
--- stabs.texinfo	8 May 2002 20:36:35 -0000
*************** Indicate that this type is a string inst
*** 287,292 ****
--- 287,298 ----
  or a bitstring instead of a set.  It doesn't change the layout of the
  data being represented, but does enable the debugger to know which type
  it is.
+ 
+ @item V
+ Indicate that this type is a vector instead of an array.  The only 
+ major difference between vectors and arrays is that vectors are
+ passed by value instead of by reference (vector coprocessor extension).
+ 
  @end table
  
  All of this can make the string field quite long.  All versions of GDB,