PATCH (gdb/mi)

[Jim Ingham <jingham@apple.com>]

Nick,

Yes, this is what our local version does for the -var-list-children 
command ('cept we call the variable print_value not values...), and it 
seems to work well.

Eli will probably tell you that you need to update the MI doc's.

Jim

On Oct 25, 2003, at 9:32 AM, gdb-patches-digest-help@sources.redhat.com 
wrote:

> Purpose:
>
> With variable objects, the value of array elements and structure 
> members must
> be accessed individually (using the MI command 
> -var-evaluate-expression). This
> means that a front end can take too long processing a separate MI 
> command for
> each element/member. This patch adapts the MI command 
> -var-list-children so
> that all the values can be accessed at once allowing the display of an 
> array
> or structure to be expanded rapidly (in the style of Insight or Visual
> Studio).  The existing behaviour of -var-list-children is preserved of 
> backward
> compatibility.
>
> Nick
>
>
> 2003-10-25  Nick Roberts  <nick@nick.uklinux.net>
>
> 	* mi-cmd-var.c (mi_cmd_var_list_children): Print the values of the
> 	children, if required.
>
>
> *** mi-cmd-var.c.~1.16.~	2003-02-02 06:24:04.000000000 +0000
> --- mi-cmd-var.c	2003-10-25 17:03:39.000000000 +0100
> ***************
> *** 255,265 ****
>     struct varobj **childlist;
>     struct varobj **cc;
>     struct cleanup *cleanup_children;
> !   int numchild;
>     char *type;
>
> !   if (argc != 1)
> !     error ("mi_cmd_var_list_children: Usage: NAME.");
>
>     /* Get varobj handle, if a valid var obj name was specified */
>     var = varobj_get_handle (argv[0]);
> --- 255,265 ----
>     struct varobj **childlist;
>     struct varobj **cc;
>     struct cleanup *cleanup_children;
> !   int numchild, values;
>     char *type;
>
> !   if (argc != 1 && argc != 2)
> !     error ("mi_cmd_var_list_children: Usage: NAME [PRINT_VALUES]");
>
>     /* Get varobj handle, if a valid var obj name was specified */
>     var = varobj_get_handle (argv[0]);
> ***************
> *** 268,273 ****
> --- 268,275 ----
>
>     numchild = varobj_list_children (var, &childlist);
>     ui_out_field_int (uiout, "numchild", numchild);
> +   if (argc == 2) values = atoi (argv[1]);
> +   else values = 0;
>
>     if (numchild <= 0)
>       return MI_CMD_DONE;
> ***************
> *** 284,289 ****
> --- 286,293 ----
>         ui_out_field_string (uiout, "name", varobj_get_objname (*cc));
>         ui_out_field_string (uiout, "exp", varobj_get_expression 
> (*cc));
>         ui_out_field_int (uiout, "numchild", varobj_get_num_children 
> (*cc));
> +       if (values)
> + 	ui_out_field_string (uiout, "value", varobj_get_value (*cc));
>         type = varobj_get_type (*cc);
>         /* C++ pseudo-variables (public, private, protected) do not 
> have a type */
>         if (type)
>
>
>
--
Jim Ingham                                   jingham@apple.com
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