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

[Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>]

> 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